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$10.03 -0.20 (-1.92%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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MTAL vs. HBM, NXE, NGD, TTAM, AESI, ERO, SGML, LEU, NEXA, and LAC

Should you be buying Metals Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Metals Acquisition include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), New Gold (NGD), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Centrus Energy (LEU), Nexa Resources (NEXA), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Metals Acquisition vs.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Metals Acquisition.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hudbay Minerals$2.02B1.50$66.37M$0.1842.69
Metals Acquisition$340.74M2.18-$144.55MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 8 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 6 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Metals Acquisition's score of 0.28 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hudbay Minerals
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Metals Acquisition
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 3.80% compared to Metals Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 7.29% beat Metals Acquisition's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals3.80% 7.29% 3.35%
Metals Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

Hudbay Minerals received 521 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hudbay MineralsOutperform Votes
530
60.30%
Underperform Votes
349
39.70%
Metals AcquisitionOutperform Votes
9
75.00%
Underperform Votes
3
25.00%

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.64%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 47.00%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Metals Acquisition
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held 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.

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Metals Acquisition on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTAL vs. The Competition

MetricMetals AcquisitionMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$743.25M$6.98B$3.10B$19.37B
Dividend YieldN/A3.43%5.13%3.75%
P/E RatioN/A11.2880.8033.00
Price / Sales2.1860.6923,145,364,079,049,300.0026.59
Price / CashN/A21.4824.3717.54
Price / Book1.883.475.094.53
Net Income-$144.55M$605.28M$154.28M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.41%-1.82%1.32%-1.27%
1 Month Performance-0.04%6.25%7.04%-4.03%
1 Year Performance-21.91%19.77%20.47%3.40%

Metals Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTAL
Metals Acquisition
3.148 of 5 stars
$10.03
-1.9%
$14.75
+47.0%
-21.9%$743.25M$340.74M0.002,021
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.2194 of 5 stars
$8.08
+4.5%
$11.17
+38.3%
+9.8%$3.19B$2.02B44.862,500News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.3855 of 5 stars
$4.82
+2.7%
N/A-41.6%$2.74BN/A32.1060Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Up
NGD
New Gold
1.8017 of 5 stars
$3.36
+5.3%
$3.60
+7.1%
+111.8%$2.66B$924.50M25.851,570Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$13.51
-0.3%
$18.36
+35.9%
N/A$2.49B$1.64B0.002,726Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.6081 of 5 stars
$18.00
+1.6%
$23.83
+32.4%
-21.4%$2.19B$1.06B22.78490Positive News
ERO
Ero Copper
3.57 of 5 stars
$13.18
+4.3%
$26.33
+99.9%
-36.6%$1.36B$470.26M77.503,374High Trading Volume
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.2128 of 5 stars
$12.14
+6.0%
$18.00
+48.3%
-11.3%$1.35B$192.85M-25.29250Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.3681 of 5 stars
$76.05
-0.4%
$147.00
+93.3%
+60.0%$1.27B$442M17.24280Positive News
Gap Up
NEXA
Nexa Resources
1.0295 of 5 stars
$5.42
+3.1%
$6.86
+26.7%
-14.2%$717.16M$2.77B-3.525,771Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.4076 of 5 stars
$3.02
+4.0%
$4.80
+59.2%
-59.6%$665.37MN/A-25.13749News Coverage
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