Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM – Get Rating) and Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML – Get Rating) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Hudbay Minerals and Sigma Lithium, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $10.28, indicating a potential upside of 162.19%. Sigma Lithium has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.91%. Given Hudbay Minerals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Sigma Lithium.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hudbay Minerals and Sigma Lithium's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Sigma Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Sigma Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Hudbay Minerals and Sigma Lithium's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Sigma Lithium on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hudbay Minerals

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Hudbay Minerals Inc., a diversified mining company, together with its subsidiaries, focuses on the discovery, production, and marketing of base and precious metals in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing copper, gold, and silver; silver/gold doré; molybdenum concentrates; and zinc metals. The company owns three polymetallic mines, four ore concentrators, and a zinc production facility in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, as well as in Cusco, Peru; and copper projects in Arizona and Nevada, the United States. HudBay Minerals Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Sigma Lithium

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Sigma Lithium Corporation engages in the exploration and development of lithium deposits in Brazil. It holds 100% interest in the Grota do Cirilo, Genipapo, Santa Clara, and São José properties comprising 27 mineral rights covering an area of approximately 191 square kilometers located in the Araçuaí and Itinga regions of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The company was formerly known as Sigma Lithium Resources Corporation and changed its name to Sigma Lithium Corporation in July 2021. Sigma Lithium Corporation is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

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