CS vs. HBM, LUN, ERO, IE, FM, WFG, AGI, PAAS, BTO, and MX Should you be buying Capstone Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capstone Copper include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Lundin Mining (LUN), Ero Copper (ERO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), First Quantum Minerals (FM), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), B2Gold (BTO), and Methanex (MX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Capstone Copper (TSE:CS ) and Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM ) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Capstone Copper's net margin of -6.41%. Hudbay Minerals' return on equity of 3.68% beat Capstone Copper's return on equity.
Hudbay Minerals received 187 more outperform votes than Capstone Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.81% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 62.56% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote.
Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hudbay Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Capstone Copper pays out -123.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudbay Minerals pays out 6.9% 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. Capstone Copper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 20 more articles in the media than Capstone Copper. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 9 mentions for Capstone Copper. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Capstone Copper's score of 0.33 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
32.4% of Capstone Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Capstone Copper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hudbay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Capstone Copper. Capstone Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capstone Copper currently has a consensus target price of C$11.35, suggesting a potential upside of 1.34%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus target price of C$13.77, suggesting a potential downside of 1.53%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than Hudbay Minerals.
Summary Hudbay Minerals beats Capstone Copper on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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