Hochschild Mining (HOC) Competitors

Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) and Endeavour Mining (LON:EDV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Mining has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining currently has a consensus price target of GBX 273.75, suggesting a potential upside of 48.14%. Endeavour Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 2,200, suggesting a potential upside of 42.21%. Given Hochschild Mining's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hochschild Mining is more favorable than Endeavour Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Mining. Endeavour Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hochschild Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.18	£38.41M	£4.69	39.42
Endeavour Mining	£2.86B	1.64	-£423.98M	-£112.73	-13.72

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HOC or EDV?

48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining received 396 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 44.87% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hochschild Mining	Outperform Votes 402 44.87%	Underperform Votes 494 55.13%
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is HOC or EDV a better dividend stock?

Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Hochschild Mining pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Endeavour Mining pays out -55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Endeavour Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor HOC or EDV?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining and Hochschild Mining both had 2 articles in the media. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Endeavour Mining'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hochschild Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Endeavour Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HOC or EDV more profitable?

Hochschild Mining has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -14.83%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 4.90% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Endeavour Mining on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.