Empire (EMP.A) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CEE or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Empire had 5 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.59 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	Positive

Do analysts rate CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has a consensus price target of C$43.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.54%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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%

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

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CEE or EMP.A?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Centamin. Empire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centamin, 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	3.09	C$84.67M	C$0.10	24.80
Empire	C$30.87B	0.19	C$672M	C$2.74	14.97

Is CEE or EMP.A a better dividend stock?

Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CEE or EMP.A?

Empire received 173 more outperform votes than Centamin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.98% of users gave Centamin an outperform vote while only 45.48% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centamin	Outperform Votes 114 62.98%	Underperform Votes 67 37.02%
Empire	Outperform Votes 287 45.48%	Underperform Votes 344 54.52%

Summary

Empire beats Centamin on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.