Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and Turquoise Hill Resources (TSE:TRQ) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts prefer ERO or TRQ?

Ero Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$33.96, indicating a potential upside of 52.48%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Turquoise Hill Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Turquoise Hill Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ERO or TRQ?

Turquoise Hill Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Turquoise Hill Resources, 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	C$444.48M	5.17	-C$21.31M	-C$0.26	-85.65
Turquoise Hill Resources	C$1.65B	0.00	C$730.47M	C$3.63	N/A

Does the media refer more to ERO or TRQ?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 1 more articles in the media than Turquoise Hill Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ero Copper and 0 mentions for Turquoise Hill Resources. Turquoise Hill Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ero Copper's score of -0.13 indicating that Turquoise Hill Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ero Copper	Neutral
Turquoise Hill Resources	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ERO or TRQ?

Turquoise Hill Resources received 54 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.16% of users gave Turquoise Hill Resources an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ero Copper	Outperform Votes 224 52.83%	Underperform Votes 200 47.17%
Turquoise Hill Resources	Outperform Votes 278 55.16%	Underperform Votes 226 44.84%

Is ERO or TRQ more profitable?

Turquoise Hill Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of -4.79%. Turquoise Hill Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	-4.79%	-3.08%	3.46%
Turquoise Hill Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ERO or TRQ?

77.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Turquoise Hill Resources beats Ero Copper on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.