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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	£771.43M	1.41	£29.23M	£0.05	4,240.00
Endeavour Mining	£2.14B	1.63	-£179.70M	-£0.56	-2,557.14

Is HOC or EDV more profitable?

Hochschild Mining has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Endeavour Mining's net margin of -8.83%. Hochschild Mining's return on equity of 6.52% beat Endeavour Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	6.52%	7.11%
Endeavour Mining	-8.83%	-3.62%	3.54%

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 1.9%. Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Hochschild Mining pays out 8,000.0% 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 -11,250.0% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HOC or EDV?

48.0% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.7% of Hochschild Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Endeavour Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, HOC or EDV?

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

Does the media prefer HOC or EDV?

In the previous week, Hochschild Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Endeavour Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hochschild Mining and 1 mentions for Endeavour Mining. Hochschild Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Endeavour Mining's score of -1.32 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining received 394 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 44.74% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hochschild Mining	Outperform Votes 400 44.74%	Underperform Votes 494 55.26%
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts prefer HOC or EDV?

Hochschild Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 276.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.50%. Endeavour Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 2,200, indicating a potential upside of 53.63%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Hochschild Mining beats Endeavour Mining on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.