Champion Iron (CIA) Competitors

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

Is CIA or PRU more profitable?

Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.59% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 8.51%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.01% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Champion Iron	8.51%	9.13%	13.11%
Perseus Mining	31.59%	22.01%	16.07%

Is CIA or PRU a better dividend stock?

Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIA or PRU?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CIA or PRU?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CIA or PRU?

Perseus Mining has higher revenue and earnings 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
Champion Iron	C$1.51B	1.28	C$128.81M	C$0.25	15.04
Perseus Mining	C$1.73B	2.68	C$546.57M	C$0.32	9.45

Does the media refer more to CIA or PRU?

In the previous week, Champion Iron had 3 more articles in the media than Perseus Mining. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Champion Iron and 1 mentions for Perseus Mining. Perseus Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.26 indicating that Perseus Mining 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
Perseus Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron received 138 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Champion Iron	Outperform Votes 241 71.30%	Underperform Votes 97 28.70%
Perseus Mining	Outperform Votes 103 55.68%	Underperform Votes 82 44.32%

Do analysts recommend CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron presently has a consensus price target of C$7.06, suggesting a potential upside of 87.83%. Perseus Mining has a consensus price target of C$2.70, suggesting a potential downside of 10.89%. 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
Champion Iron	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
Perseus Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

Perseus Mining beats Champion Iron on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.