Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KNF or ERO?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knife River, 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
Knife River	$2.90B	1.78	$201.70M	$3.54	25.73
Ero Copper	$470.26M	2.95	$92.80M	-$0.67	-19.96

Which has more risk & volatility, KNF or ERO?

Knife River has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KNF or ERO?

In the previous week, Knife River had 4 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Knife River and 3 mentions for Ero Copper. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ero Copper's score of 1.18 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knife River	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ero Copper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate KNF or ERO?

Knife River presently has a consensus target price of $110.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Ero Copper has a consensus target price of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 96.91%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is KNF or ERO more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.67%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knife River	6.96%	14.82%	7.38%
Ero Copper	3.67%	11.30%	5.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNF or ERO?

Knife River and Ero Copper both received 13 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 81.25% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knife River	Outperform Votes 13 81.25%	Underperform Votes 3 18.75%
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 13 33.33%	Underperform Votes 26 66.67%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNF or ERO?

80.1% of Knife River shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Knife River beats Ero Copper on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.