Champion Iron (CIA) Competitors

Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) and Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PRU or CIA?

Perseus Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Champion Iron. Perseus Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Champion Iron, 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$1.03B	3.22	C$324.28M	C$0.32	7.50
Champion Iron	C$1.69B	1.70	C$298.89M	C$0.57	9.74

Is PRU or CIA more profitable?

Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.61% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 17.64%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.73% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perseus Mining	31.61%	22.73%	16.07%
Champion Iron	17.64%	22.52%	13.11%

Is PRU or CIA a better dividend stock?

Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRU or CIA?

Champion Iron received 134 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.39% of users gave Champion Iron 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%
Champion Iron	Outperform Votes 237 71.39%	Underperform Votes 95 28.61%

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

60.2% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Champion Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Champion Iron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PRU or CIA?

In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Perseus Mining and 2 mentions for Champion Iron. Champion Iron's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Perseus Mining's score of -0.08 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate PRU or CIA?

Perseus Mining currently has a consensus target price of C$2.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.50%. Champion Iron has a consensus target price of C$7.63, suggesting a potential upside of 37.39%. Given Champion Iron's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Champion Iron 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
Champion Iron	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, PRU or CIA?

Perseus Mining has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Champion Iron has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Champion Iron beats Perseus Mining on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.