ERO vs. HBM, TRQ, NXE, PVG, LAC, BCB, IE, CXB, NEXA, and ASM
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), NexGen Energy (NXE), Pretium Resources (PVG), Lithium Americas (LAC), Cott (BCB), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), and Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM). 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 mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
45.0% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 2.213288, meaning that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.521804, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$18.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.45%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$28.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.24%. 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 1 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 17 mentions for Ero Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.22 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats Ero Copper on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
