CLF vs. HBM, MP, RGLD, X, TX, FMC, AXTA, GGB, ATI, and PAAS
Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Royal Gold (RGLD), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), FMC (FMC), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Gerdau (GGB), ATI (ATI), and Pan American Silver (PAAS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of 1.78%. Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity of 8.69% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.
Cleveland-Cliffs received 184 more outperform votes than Hudbay Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.18% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.36% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.
Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus price target of $20.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.60%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus price target of $10.21, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 18 more articles in the media than Cleveland-Cliffs. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 8 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.62 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cleveland-Cliffs beats Hudbay Minerals on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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