Comparing HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) & Excellon Resources (OTCMKTS:EXNRF)

Excellon Resources (OTCMKTS:EXNRF) and HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Excellon Resources and HudBay Minerals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excellon Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
HudBay Minerals	0	2	10	2	3.00

HudBay Minerals has a consensus target price of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given HudBay Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HudBay Minerals is more favorable than Excellon Resources.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.8% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Excellon Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HudBay Minerals shares 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Excellon Resources and HudBay Minerals”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Excellon Resources	N/A	N/A	-$5.22 million	($0.03)	-11.13
HudBay Minerals	$2.21 billion	4.38	$568.50 million	$1.66	14.68

HudBay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Excellon Resources. Excellon Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HudBay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Excellon Resources has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HudBay Minerals has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Excellon Resources and HudBay Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excellon Resources	N/A	-30.93%	-14.38%
HudBay Minerals	27.75%	10.04%	5.36%

Summary

HudBay Minerals beats Excellon Resources on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Excellon Resources

Excellon Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and advancement of mineral properties. It primarily explores for silver, lead, zinc, and gold deposits, as well as base metals. The company holds 100% interests in the Platosa property covering an area of approximately 11,000 hectares located in Durango State, Mexico; the Evolución property that covers an area of 31,280 hectares situated in the states of Durango and Zacatecas, Mexico; and the Silver City project totaling an area of 340 square kilometers in Saxony, Germany. It also holds 100% interests in the Kilgore project comprising 789 unpatented federal lode claims that covers an area of 6,788 hectares located in Clark County, eastern Idaho; and the Oakley project covering an area of 2,833 hectares in Oakley, Idaho. In addition, the company has an option to acquire the La Negra project located in Querétaro State, Mexico. Excellon Resources Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About HudBay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc., a diversified mining company, focuses on the exploration, development, operation, and optimization of properties in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing gold, silver, and molybdenum; gold concentrates containing zinc; zinc concentrates; molybdenum concentrates; and silver/gold doré. The company's flagship project is the 100% owned Constancia mine located in the Province of Chumbivilcas in southern Peru. Hudbay Minerals Inc. was founded in 1927 and is based in Toronto, Canada.