ERO vs. NXE, HBM, PVG, BCB, CXB, NEXA, IE, SUM, LAC, and MMX
Should you be buying Ero Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ero Copper include NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Solium Capital (SUM), Lithium Americas (LAC), and Maverix Metals (MMX). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Ero Copper vs.
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of -4.79%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 9.00% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexGen Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$13.59, suggesting a potential upside of 43.24%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of C$32.92, suggesting a potential upside of 69.15%. Given Ero Copper's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than NexGen Energy.
In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Ero Copper. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NexGen Energy and 1 mentions for Ero Copper. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Ero Copper's score of 0.00 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ero Copper received 199 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.25% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats Ero Copper on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ERO) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
