III vs. ERO, TKO, AYM, IE, CMMC, ARG, LA, FDY, CUU, and MIN
Should you be buying Imperial Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Metals include Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Atalaya Mining (AYM), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Los Andes Copper (LA), Faraday Copper (FDY), Copper Fox Metals (CUU), and Excelsior Mining (MIN). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Imperial Metals vs.
Imperial Metals (TSE:III) and Ero Copper (TSE:ERO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Imperial Metals received 8 more outperform votes than Ero Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.13% of users gave Imperial Metals an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Ero Copper has a consensus target price of C$30.38, suggesting a potential upside of 67.13%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Imperial Metals.
16.7% of Imperial Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.3% of Imperial Metals 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 2 more articles in the media than Imperial Metals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ero Copper and 3 mentions for Imperial Metals. Imperial Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Ero Copper's score of -0.26 indicating that Imperial Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Imperial Metals has a net margin of 7.33% compared to Ero Copper's net margin of 3.45%. Imperial Metals' return on equity of 4.53% beat Ero Copper's return on equity.
Imperial Metals has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% 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.
Imperial Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Imperial Metals 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 Imperial Metals on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:III) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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