ERO vs. NXE, PVG, HBM, BCB, CXB, NEXA, RUP, SUM, MMX, and IE
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include NexGen Energy (NXE), Pretium Resources (PVG), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), and Ivanhoe Electric (IE). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs.
Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
77.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ero Copper presently has a consensus price target of C$29.82, suggesting a potential upside of 55.30%. NexGen Energy has a consensus price target of C$13.22, suggesting a potential upside of 76.49%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.45% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for NexGen Energy and 0 mentions for Ero Copper. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NexGen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ero Copper. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ero Copper received 205 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.38% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 53.50% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Summary
Ero Copper beats NexGen Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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