CIA vs. STLC, LIF, ASTL, CGG, ERO, IMG, FR, PRU, EQX, and ELD
Should you be buying Champion Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Champion Iron include Stelco (STLC), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Ero Copper (ERO), IAMGOLD (IMG), First Majestic Silver (FR), Perseus Mining (PRU), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Eldorado Gold (ELD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Stelco (TSE:STLC) and Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Champion Iron received 131 more outperform votes than Stelco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 43.64% of users gave Stelco an outperform vote.
46.6% of Stelco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of Champion Iron shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Stelco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Champion Iron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stelco presently has a consensus price target of C$50.61, indicating a potential upside of 19.93%. Champion Iron has a consensus price target of C$8.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.44%. Given Champion Iron's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stelco is more favorable than Champion Iron.
Champion Iron has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 7.49%. Stelco's return on equity of 23.32% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.
Champion Iron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stelco. Stelco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Champion Iron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stelco pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Stelco pays out 49.5% 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.
In the previous week, Stelco had 1 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Stelco and 1 mentions for Champion Iron. Stelco's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.23 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stelco has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Champion Iron has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Champion Iron beats Stelco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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