Altius Minerals (ALS) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ALS or PRU?

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
Altius Minerals	C$62.38M	21.43	C$14.56M	C$0.31	92.77
Perseus Mining	C$1.03B	3.22	C$324.28M	C$0.32	7.50

Do analysts recommend ALS or PRU?

Altius Minerals presently has a consensus target price of C$29.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.14%. Perseus Mining has a consensus target price of C$2.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.50%. Given Perseus Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perseus Mining is more favorable than Altius Minerals.

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

Is ALS or PRU more profitable?

Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.61% compared to Altius Minerals' net margin of 23.34%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.73% beat Altius Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altius Minerals	23.34%	2.32%	2.60%
Perseus Mining	31.61%	22.73%	16.07%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ALS or PRU?

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

Does the media refer more to ALS or PRU?

In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 3 more articles in the media than Altius Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Perseus Mining and 1 mentions for Altius Minerals. Altius Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Perseus Mining's score of -0.08 indicating that Altius Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Altius Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perseus Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALS or PRU?

Altius Minerals received 154 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.76% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Altius Minerals	Outperform Votes 257 60.76%	Underperform Votes 166 39.24%
Perseus Mining	Outperform Votes 103 55.68%	Underperform Votes 82 44.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, ALS or PRU?

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

Is ALS or PRU a better dividend stock?

Altius Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Altius Minerals pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perseus Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Perseus Mining beats Altius Minerals on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.