Nexa Resources (NEXA) Competitors

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

Is HBM or NEXA more profitable?

Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.23% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -7.48%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 7.44% beat Nexa Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals	4.23%	7.44%	3.34%
Nexa Resources	-7.48%	1.51%	0.43%

Do analysts recommend HBM or NEXA?

Hudbay Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $11.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.44%. Nexa Resources has a consensus price target of $7.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.61%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Nexa Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Nexa Resources	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Does the media refer more to HBM or NEXA?

In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 15 more articles in the media than Nexa Resources. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 1 mentions for Nexa Resources. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Nexa Resources' score of 0.00 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nexa Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HBM or NEXA?

57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HBM or NEXA?

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexa Resources has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HBM or NEXA a better dividend stock?

Hudbay Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nexa Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Hudbay Minerals pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexa Resources pays out -21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Nexa Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HBM or NEXA?

Hudbay Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nexa Resources. Nexa Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, 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
Hudbay Minerals	$1.69B	2.12	$66.37M	$0.23	39.65
Nexa Resources	$2.66B	0.38	-$289.35M	-$1.51	-5.03

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HBM or NEXA?

Hudbay Minerals received 250 more outperform votes than Nexa Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Nexa Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudbay Minerals	Outperform Votes 527 60.23%	Underperform Votes 348 39.77%
Nexa Resources	Outperform Votes 277 59.06%	Underperform Votes 192 40.94%

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Nexa Resources on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.