Perseus Mining (PRU) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CIA or PRU?

Perseus Mining has lower revenue, but higher 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$1.69B	1.56	C$298.89M	C$0.57	8.93
Perseus Mining	C$1.03B	3.28	C$324.28M	C$0.32	7.66

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.9%. Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% 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 CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron received 133 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 236 71.30%	Underperform Votes 95 28.70%
Perseus Mining	Outperform Votes 103 55.68%	Underperform Votes 82 44.32%

Is CIA or PRU 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
Champion Iron	17.64%	22.52%	13.11%
Perseus Mining	31.61%	22.73%	16.07%

Do analysts prefer CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron currently has a consensus price target of C$8.10, suggesting a potential upside of 59.14%. Perseus Mining has a consensus price target of C$2.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Champion Iron's higher probable upside, equities 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Perseus Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the media favor CIA or PRU?

In the previous week, Champion Iron had 1 more articles in the media than Perseus Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Champion Iron and 0 mentions for Perseus Mining. Perseus Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Champion Iron's score of -1.40 indicating that Perseus Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Champion Iron	Negative
Perseus Mining	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CIA or PRU?

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

Summary

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