Ero Copper (ERO) Competitors

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both non-metallic and industrial metal mining companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NXE or ERO?

NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	C$148.05M	C$0.26	35.42
Ero Copper	C$315.28M	5.04	C$10.88M	C$0.23	99.13

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NXE or ERO?

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Ero Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NXE or ERO?

NexGen Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 43.24%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of C$27.70, suggesting a potential upside of 22.24%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Ero Copper.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Ero Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.18

Which has more risk and volatility, NXE or ERO?

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NXE or ERO?

In the previous week, Ero Copper had 12 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ero Copper and 1 mentions for NexGen Energy. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ero Copper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NXE or ERO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	14.22%	-4.99%
Ero Copper	3.45%	2.24%	3.46%

Summary

Ero Copper beats NexGen Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.