IE vs. CS, HBM, ERO, NSU, AYM, CMMC, III, ARG, LA, and CUU
Should you be buying Ivanhoe Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ivanhoe Electric include Capstone Copper (CS), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Imperial Metals (III), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Los Andes Copper (LA), and Copper Fox Metals (CUU). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Ivanhoe Electric (TSE:IE) and Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
56.6% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Capstone Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Capstone Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capstone Copper received 618 more outperform votes than Ivanhoe Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 65.66% of users gave Ivanhoe Electric an outperform vote.
Ivanhoe Electric has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Capstone Copper's net margin of -6.41%. Capstone Copper's return on equity of -3.13% beat Ivanhoe Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, Capstone Copper had 3 more articles in the media than Ivanhoe Electric. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Capstone Copper and 4 mentions for Ivanhoe Electric. Capstone Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Ivanhoe Electric's score of 0.51 indicating that Capstone Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ivanhoe Electric presently has a consensus target price of C$24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.24%. Capstone Copper has a consensus target price of C$11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.40%. Given Ivanhoe Electric's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ivanhoe Electric is more favorable than Capstone Copper.
Capstone Copper has higher revenue and earnings than Ivanhoe Electric. Capstone Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ivanhoe Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Capstone Copper beats Ivanhoe Electric on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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