ERO vs. NXE, PVG, HBM, BCB, CXB, NEXA, RUP, SUM, MMX, and IE
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include NexGen Energy (NXE), Pretium Resources (PVG), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), and Ivanhoe Electric (IE). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs.
Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) and NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper received 203 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.25% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 4 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.57 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ero Copper currently has a consensus target price of C$30.38, indicating a potential upside of 83.93%. NexGen Energy has a consensus target price of C$13.59, indicating a potential upside of 95.88%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Ero Copper.
77.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.45% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
NexGen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ero Copper. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ero Copper beats NexGen Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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