Ero Copper (ERO) and Its Competitors Financial Contrast

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

Earnings & 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	11.08
Ero Copper Competitors	$169.45 billion	$266.78 million	-20.56

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.

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%	48.19%	-2.37%

Volatility and Risk

Ero Copper has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper’s peers have a beta of 0.99, meaning that their average share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Ero Copper and its peers, as provided 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	6269	22326	31894	1743	2.47

Ero Copper presently has a consensus target price of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 33.00%. Given Ero Copper’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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.