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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, Capstone Copper had 5 more articles in the media than Ivanhoe Electric. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Capstone Copper and 4 mentions for Ivanhoe Electric. Ivanhoe Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Capstone Copper's score of 0.50 indicating that Ivanhoe Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 currently has a consensus price target of C$24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.24%. Capstone Copper has a consensus price target of C$11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.40%. Given Ivanhoe Electric's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ivanhoe Electric is more favorable than Capstone Copper.
56.6% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.1% of Ivanhoe Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Capstone Copper beats Ivanhoe Electric on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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