Reviewing Ero Copper (ERO) and Its Rivals

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is one of 1,989 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Ero Copper to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Ero Copper and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ero Copper	29.79%	30.32%	15.17%
Ero Copper Competitors	-1,158,604,987,491,368,400.00%	48.19%	-2.37%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ero Copper and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ero Copper	$785.80 million	$263.72 million	11.94
Ero Copper Competitors	$169.59 billion	$266.78 million	-21.21

Ero Copper’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Ero Copper and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0	9	6	2	2.59
Ero Copper Competitors	6273	22335	31902	1743	2.47

Ero Copper currently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.64%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.11%. Given Ero Copper’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper’s competitors have a beta of 0.98, indicating that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ero Copper beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Ero Copper

Ero Copper Corp. engages in the exploration, development, and production of mining projects in Brazil. The company is involved in the production and sale of copper concentrate from the Caraíba operations located in the Curaçá Valley, northeastern Bahia state, Brazil, as well as gold and silver by-products. It also holds 100% interests in the Tucumã project, a copper development project located within southeastern Pará state; and the Xavantina Operations located in Mato Grosso state. Ero Copper Corp. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.