Empire (EMP.A) Competitors

Centamin (TSE:CEE) and Empire (TSE:EMP.A) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media favor CEE or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Empire had 3 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Centamin	Neutral
Empire	Neutral

Is CEE or EMP.A more profitable?

Centamin has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.16% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centamin	9.10%	14.16%	8.45%
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%

Do analysts recommend CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has a consensus target price of C$48.86, indicating a potential upside of 1.76%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Empire is more favorable than Centamin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centamin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has better valuation & earnings, CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Centamin. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, 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
Centamin	C$930.75M	0.00	C$84.67M	C$0.10	N/A
Empire	C$30.87B	0.22	C$672M	C$2.74	17.52

Is CEE or EMP.A a better dividend stock?

Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Centamin pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire pays out 29.2% 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. Empire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, CEE or EMP.A?

Centamin has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEE or EMP.A?

Empire received 175 more outperform votes than Centamin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.98% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote while only 45.23% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centamin	Outperform Votes 114 62.98%	Underperform Votes 67 37.02%
Empire	Outperform Votes 289 45.23%	Underperform Votes 350 54.77%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CEE or EMP.A?

90.6% of Centamin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Empire shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Centamin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Empire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Empire beats Centamin on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.