IE vs. ERO, HBM, CS, FVI, DPM, LIF, OGC, CG, SSL, and AYA
Should you be buying Ivanhoe Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ivanhoe Electric include Ero Copper (ERO), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Capstone Copper (CS), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), OceanaGold (OGC), Centerra Gold (CG), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), and Aya Gold & Silver (AYA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ivanhoe Electric (TSE:IE) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Ero Copper received 151 more outperform votes than Ivanhoe Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.66% of users gave Ivanhoe Electric an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Ero Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ivanhoe Electric presently has a consensus target price of C$24.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.15%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$29.46, indicating a potential downside of 9.39%. Given Ivanhoe Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ivanhoe Electric is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Ivanhoe Electric's net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 9.21% beat Ivanhoe Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 10 more articles in the media than Ivanhoe Electric. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.76 indicating that Ivanhoe Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
56.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Ero Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Ivanhoe Electric on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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