Altius Minerals (ALS) Competitors

Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) and Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is CIA or ALS more profitable?

Altius Minerals has a net margin of 31.13% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 8.51%. Champion Iron's return on equity of 9.13% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Champion Iron	8.51%	9.13%	13.11%
Altius Minerals	31.13%	2.80%	2.60%

Is CIA or ALS a better dividend stock?

Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Altius Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Champion Iron pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Champion Iron is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CIA or ALS?

Champion Iron has higher revenue and earnings than Altius Minerals. Champion Iron 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
Champion Iron	C$1.51B	1.28	C$128.81M	C$0.25	15.04
Altius Minerals	C$43.80M	25.45	C$13.64M	C$0.30	81.64

Which has more risk & volatility, CIA or ALS?

Champion Iron has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CIA or ALS?

51.2% of Champion Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Champion Iron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIA or ALS?

Altius Minerals received 17 more outperform votes than Champion Iron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.30% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Champion Iron	Outperform Votes 241 71.30%	Underperform Votes 97 28.70%
Altius Minerals	Outperform Votes 258 60.71%	Underperform Votes 167 39.29%

Do analysts prefer CIA or ALS?

Champion Iron presently has a consensus price target of C$7.06, suggesting a potential upside of 87.83%. Altius Minerals has a consensus price target of C$29.32, suggesting a potential upside of 21.56%. Given Champion Iron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Altius Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Champion Iron	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
Altius Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to CIA or ALS?

In the previous week, Champion Iron had 1 more articles in the media than Altius Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Champion Iron and 3 mentions for Altius Minerals. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.26 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Champion Iron	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Altius Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Champion Iron beats Altius Minerals on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.