Hochschild Mining (HOC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EDV or HOC?

Hochschild Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Endeavour Mining	£2.86B	1.79	-£423.98M	-£112.73	-15.00
Hochschild Mining	£1.01B	1.61	£38.41M	£4.69	53.58

Is EDV or HOC 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
Endeavour Mining	-14.83%	-11.19%	3.54%
Hochschild Mining	3.79%	4.90%	7.11%

Is EDV or HOC a better dividend stock?

Endeavour Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hochschild Mining pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Endeavour Mining pays out -55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EDV or HOC?

Hochschild Mining received 397 more outperform votes than Endeavour Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Endeavour Mining an outperform vote while only 44.94% of users gave Hochschild Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Endeavour Mining	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Hochschild Mining	Outperform Votes 404 44.94%	Underperform Votes 495 55.06%

Does the media favor EDV or HOC?

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 0.15 beat Endeavour Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Hochschild Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, EDV or HOC?

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

Do analysts recommend EDV or HOC?

Endeavour Mining presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,100, suggesting a potential upside of 24.19%. Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 273, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Endeavour Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Endeavour Mining is more favorable than Hochschild Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Endeavour Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hochschild Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

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