Ero Copper (ERO) versus Its Rivals Head to Head Comparison

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ero Copper and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ero Copper	0	9	6	2	2.59
Ero Copper Competitors	6280	22357	31932	1748	2.47

Ero Copper currently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential downside of 9.50%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.73%. Given Ero Copper’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ero Copper and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ero Copper	$785.80 million	$263.72 million	11.99
Ero Copper Competitors	$4.59 billion	$266.77 million	-21.71

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and 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 peers have a beta of 0.98, indicating that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ero Copper and its peers’ 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%	48.32%	-2.34%

Summary

Ero Copper beats its peers 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.