PRU vs. CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, ROOT, KFS, AXV, MXX, and BRO
Should you be buying Perseus Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perseus Mining include Champion Iron (CIA), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), Roots (ROOT), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Axion Ventures (AXV), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), and Barksdale Resources (BRO). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Perseus Mining vs.
Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) and Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Perseus Mining and 3 mentions for Champion Iron. Champion Iron's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Perseus Mining's score of -0.08 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.
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.
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.
Champion Iron received 134 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.39% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote.
Champion Iron has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perseus Mining has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Champion Iron presently has a consensus target price of C$7.63, indicating a potential upside of 39.14%. Perseus Mining has a consensus target price of C$2.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. Given Champion Iron's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Perseus Mining.
Summary
Champion Iron beats Perseus Mining on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PRU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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