Contrasting HudBay Minerals (HBM) and The Competition

HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare HudBay Minerals to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares HudBay Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HudBay Minerals	27.48%	9.47%	5.44%
HudBay Minerals Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-50.94%	-2.11%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for HudBay Minerals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HudBay Minerals	0	2	10	0	2.83
HudBay Minerals Competitors	6393	22555	32246	1790	2.47

HudBay Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.01%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.99%. Given HudBay Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HudBay Minerals is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

57.8% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

HudBay Minerals has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HudBay Minerals’ peers have a beta of 1.01, indicating that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HudBay Minerals	$2.47 billion	$568.50 million	13.86
HudBay Minerals Competitors	$174.33 billion	$279.03 million	-47.22

HudBay Minerals’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than HudBay Minerals. HudBay Minerals 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.

Dividends

HudBay Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HudBay Minerals pays out 1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.3% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

HudBay Minerals beats its peers on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

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.