LIF vs. CIA, STLC, ASTL, TSL, CMC, YRI, CS, HSE, WFT, and ORL
Should you be buying Labrador Iron Ore Royalty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty include Champion Iron (CIA), Stelco (STLC), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Tree Island Steel (TSL), Commercial Metals (CMC), Yamana Gold (YRI), Capstone Copper (CS), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), and Orocobre (ORL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Champion Iron has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty had 3 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty and 2 mentions for Champion Iron. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's average media sentiment score of 2.23 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.76 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.0% of Champion Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Champion Iron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Champion Iron has higher revenue and earnings than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Champion Iron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 79.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 96.37% compared to Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's net margin of 17.92%. Champion Iron's return on equity of 30.18% beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity.
Champion Iron presently has a consensus target price of C$8.17, indicating a potential upside of 25.45%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a consensus target price of C$32.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty received 84 more outperform votes than Champion Iron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.78% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote.
Summary
Champion Iron beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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