Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

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

Is ERO or KNF more profitable?

Knife River has a net margin of 6.89% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.67%. Knife River's return on equity of 15.22% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	3.67%	11.30%	5.62%
Knife River	6.89%	15.22%	7.46%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ERO or KNF?

Ero Copper and Knife River both received 11 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 11 29.73%	Underperform Votes 26 70.27%
Knife River	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

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

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ERO or KNF?

Ero Copper currently has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 86.17%. Knife River has a consensus price target of $103.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.11%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Knife River.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Knife River	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor ERO or KNF?

In the previous week, Knife River had 2 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Knife River and 2 mentions for Ero Copper. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.70 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knife River	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, ERO or KNF?

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knife River has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ERO or KNF?

Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, 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
Ero Copper	$427.48M	3.42	$92.80M	$0.17	83.21
Knife River	$2.89B	2.06	$182.87M	$3.49	30.06

Summary

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