HBM vs. FM, LUN, KAT, TRQ, CS, ERO, NSU, IE, AYM, and CMMC
Should you be buying Hudbay Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudbay Minerals include First Quantum Minerals (FM), Lundin Mining (LUN), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Capstone Copper (CS), Ero Copper (ERO), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) and Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Hudbay Minerals received 191 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.55% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 46.58% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
Hudbay Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudbay Minerals has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of -20.02%. First Quantum Minerals' return on equity of 4.36% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hudbay Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudbay Minerals pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Quantum Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 0 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Hudbay Minerals' score of 0.30 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Quantum Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$17.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.10%. Hudbay Minerals has a consensus target price of C$14.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hudbay Minerals beats First Quantum Minerals on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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