ERO vs. HBM, PVG, BCB, CXB, NEXA, IE, RUP, SUM, MMX, and LAC
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs. Its Competitors
Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.23% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.45%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 3.74% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.5% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 3.40%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of C$27.29, suggesting a potential upside of 36.94%. Given Ero Copper's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 37 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 2 mentions for Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.34 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Ero Copper on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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