IE vs NRGV vs ERO Stock Comparison

Ivanhoe Electric, Energy Vault Holdings and Ero Copper Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
$8.42 -20.8% 1M -39.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.22B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
ERO Ero Copper Corp.
$31.11 -16.3% 1M +45.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.99B
P/E
9.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.04B
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ero Copper leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ero Copper 7, Energy Vault Holdings 1, Ivanhoe Electric 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIENRGVEROLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.22B $544.10M $2.99B ERO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -35.4x -5.0x 9.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 7.5x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -20.6% +336.8% +94.9% NRGV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1,138.7% -48.6% 30.0% ERO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% -32.8% 22.0% ERO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -13.0x -2.2x 0.9x IE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -39.9% +0.6% +45.1% ERO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -20.0%/yr +10.8%/yr ERO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 77.0% 103.3% 62.9% ERO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 34/100 63/100 ERO

Percentile Scorecard

IENRGVERO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIENRGVERO
Valuation 25 #122 of 163 28 #45 of 62 58 #69 of 163
Growth 63 #56 of 148 53 #28 of 59 82 #28 of 148
Profitability 38 #77 of 123 37 #35 of 55 77 #29 of 123
Financial Health 87 #23 of 164 18 #59 of 72 29 #116 of 164
Shareholder Returns 14 #93 of 108 36 #19 of 29 70 #33 of 108
Overall 45 34 63
  • IE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • NRGV ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • ERO ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIENRGVEROSPY
1 month -20.8%-17.4%-16.3% +0.7%
3 months -9.9%+15.9%+15.0% +3.7%
6 months -34.4%-28.9%+20.3% +7.1%
Year to date -47.3%-28.9%+10.0% +12.8%
1 year -39.9%+0.6%+45.1% +11.9%
3 years -15.4%+75.4%+129.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -5.4%+20.6%+32.0% +22.8%
5 years —-67.2%+66.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year —-20.0%+10.8% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureIENRGVEROSPY
Volatility, 1Y 77.0%103.3%62.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 81.1%108.0%63.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.343.292.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.520.010.72 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.1%-97.1%-59.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.7%-49.5%-23.0% -1.2%
52-week high $19.92$6.49$40.40 $779.14
52-week low $7.68$2.51$19.89 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIENRGVERO
P/E now vs peer median -38.7xmedian 13.2x -5.3xmedian 26.6x 10.3xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 444.5xmedian 3.1x 2.6xmedian 2.6x 3.1xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 66.0xmedian 7.2x -11.0xmedian 18.9x 7.0xmedian 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -16.2xmedian 15.2x -4.1xmedian 30.1x -12.1xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.2x 86.1xmedian 1.9x 2.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.79median 0.30 -0.75median 0.97 0.20median 0.30

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIENRGVERO
Revenue $3.02M $225.87M $1.04B
Gross profit $1.78M $50.76M $449.15M
Operating income $14.34M -$74.19M $379.69M
Net income -$5.89M -$109.74M $315.31M
Free cash flow -$83.11M -$144.74M -$268.65M
R&D $78.04M $11.87M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.22 $-0.62 $3.01
Cash & equivalents $256.88M $93.04M $101.74M
Total debt $214.09M $243.01M $2.38B
Shares (diluted) 158.35M 178.39M 104.13M
Enterprise value $430.66M $304.86M $2.63B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIENRGVERO
P/E -38.7x -5.3x 10.3x
P/FCF -16.2x -4.1x -12.1x
P/Operating cash flow -12.7x -5.8x –
P/S 444.5x 2.6x 3.1x
P/B 2.5x 86.1x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 2.5x -1,746x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 66.0x -11.0x 7.0x
EV/EBIT 78.2x -10.0x 9.7x
EV/Revenue 371.2x 3.3x 3.5x
EV/FCF -13.5x -5.1x -13.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -10.6x -7.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.79 -0.75 0.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIENRGVERO
Revenue growth (1Y) -20.6% 336.8% 94.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 13.8% 36.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -28.8% 385.2% 96.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 56.6% 31.4% 42.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 111.6% 41.4% 120.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.7% 15.6% 54.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 93.6% 24.1% 118.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 67.4% -0.1% 57.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 64.3% 33.2% 118.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 49.2% 7.1% 51.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.2% -227.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.3% -5.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 28.4% -71.5% 32.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.1% -9.9% -11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIENRGVERO
Gross margin 58.7% 22.5% 43.0%
EBITDA margin 562.4% -29.8% 50.6%
Operating margin 474.5% -32.8% 36.3%
Pretax margin 207.3% -45.9% 37.2%
Net margin -1,139% -48.6% 30.0%
FCF margin -2,749% -64.1% -25.7%
Operating cash flow margin -3,507% -45.4% –
Return on equity -1.1% -588.1% 38.3%
Return on assets -1.0% -32.8% 21.0%
Return on invested capital 0.0% -32.8% 22.0%
Return on capital employed 2.7% -40.7% –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 18.0x 0.9x –
Stock comp / revenue 365.3% 13.2% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIENRGVERO
Debt / assets 6.0% 65.6% 25.7%
Debt / equity 0.1x 35.4x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -13.0x -2.2x 0.9x
Debt / FCF -0.4x -1.7x -2.1x
Liabilities / assets 9.3% 98.1% 43.7%
Equity / assets 90.7% 1.9% 56.3%
Interest coverage – -5.5x 8.2x
Current ratio 5.0x 1.2x –
Quick ratio 5.2x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 4.8x 0.6x –
Altman Z-score 13.91 -1.06 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIENRGVERO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -19.2% -1.9% -0.3%
Shareholder yield -19.2% -1.9% -0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIENRGVERO
Forward P/E – – 7.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.06FY2026 $-0.37FY2026 $4.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +96.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +20.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.16MFY2026 $309.42MFY2026 $1.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.5%FY2026 +51.9%FY2026 +57.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.5% +54.4% +5.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIENRGVERO
Held by institutions 74.0% 58.6% 67.3%
Institutions holding 203 174 209
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +31.6% +1.2%
Institutions buying 126 120 125
Institutions selling 56 30 60
Buyers to sellers 2.25 4.00 2.08

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IENRGVERO
IE 1.00 0.43 0.70
NRGV 0.43 1.00 0.40
ERO 0.70 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IE, NRGV and ERO?

Ero Copper (ERO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) $1.22B, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) $544.10M, Ero Copper (ERO) $2.99B.

Which company is growing faster?

Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -20.6%, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) +336.8%, Ero Copper (ERO) +94.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ero Copper (ERO) has the highest net margin (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -1,138.7%, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) -48.6%, Ero Copper (ERO) 30.0%). On return on invested capital, Ero Copper (ERO) leads (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 0.0%, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) -32.8%, Ero Copper (ERO) 22.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ero Copper (ERO) returned the most: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -39.9%, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) +0.6%, Ero Copper (ERO) +45.1%. Over five years, Ero Copper (ERO) compounded fastest (Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) -20.0%/yr, Ero Copper (ERO) +10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ero Copper (ERO) has been the steadiest (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 77.0%, Energy Vault Holdings (NRGV) 103.3%, Ero Copper (ERO) 62.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IE, NRGV and ERO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ero Copper (ERO) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.