Chorus Aviation (CHR) Competitors

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) and Chorus Aviation (TSE:CHR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is LIF or CHR more profitable?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 99.70% compared to Chorus Aviation's net margin of -6.95%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 31.89% beat Chorus Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	99.70%	31.89%	11.52%
Chorus Aviation	-6.95%	7.10%	4.43%

Do analysts prefer LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty presently has a consensus price target of C$33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.95%. Chorus Aviation has a consensus price target of C$3.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.78%. Given Chorus Aviation's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chorus Aviation is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Chorus Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LIF or CHR?

21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chorus Aviation has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LIF or CHR?

In the previous week, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty both had 2 articles in the media. Chorus Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's score of 0.37 indicating that Chorus Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chorus Aviation	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LIF or CHR?

Chorus Aviation received 44 more outperform votes than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Chorus Aviation an outperform vote while only 52.05% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	Outperform Votes 318 52.05%	Underperform Votes 293 47.95%
Chorus Aviation	Outperform Votes 362 66.30%	Underperform Votes 184 33.70%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chorus Aviation. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chorus Aviation, 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
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	C$211M	9.27	C$210.38M	C$3.32	9.21
Chorus Aviation	C$1.72B	0.31	C$44.58M	C$0.23	12.22

Is LIF or CHR a better dividend stock?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Chorus Aviation pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.1%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 81.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chorus Aviation pays out 208.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Chorus Aviation beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.