Altius Minerals (ALS) Competitors

Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) and Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PRU or ALS?

60.2% of Perseus Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Perseus Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer PRU or ALS?

Perseus Mining presently has a consensus target price of C$2.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.25%. Altius Minerals has a consensus target price of C$28.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Altius Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altius Minerals is more favorable than Perseus Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perseus Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Altius Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRU or ALS?

Altius Minerals received 154 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.61% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perseus Mining	Outperform Votes 103 55.68%	Underperform Votes 82 44.32%
Altius Minerals	Outperform Votes 257 60.61%	Underperform Votes 167 39.39%

Is PRU or ALS more profitable?

Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.59% compared to Altius Minerals' net margin of 31.13%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.01% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perseus Mining	31.59%	22.01%	16.07%
Altius Minerals	31.13%	2.80%	2.60%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PRU or ALS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perseus Mining	C$1.73B	2.29	C$546.57M	C$0.32	8.08
Altius Minerals	C$43.80M	27.91	C$13.64M	C$0.30	89.52

Which has more risk & volatility, PRU or ALS?

Perseus Mining has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PRU or ALS a better dividend stock?

Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Altius Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altius Minerals pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Perseus Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PRU or ALS?

In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Altius Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perseus Mining and 0 mentions for Altius Minerals. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Perseus Mining's score of -0.23 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Perseus Mining	Neutral
Altius Minerals	Neutral

Summary

Perseus Mining beats Altius Minerals on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.