TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT) Competitors

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) and TELUS International (Cda) (TSE:TIXT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is LIF or TIXT a better dividend stock?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. TELUS International (Cda) pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 41.5%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS International (Cda) pays out 868.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, LIF or TIXT?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS International (Cda) has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LIF or TIXT?

21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.9% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LIF or TIXT more profitable?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 94.67% compared to TELUS International (Cda)'s net margin of 1.17%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 29.05% beat TELUS International (Cda)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	94.67%	29.05%	11.52%
TELUS International (Cda)	1.17%	1.51%	2.63%

Do analysts prefer LIF or TIXT?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty currently has a consensus target price of C$33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.17%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is more favorable than TELUS International (Cda).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TELUS International (Cda)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LIF or TIXT?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty received 311 more outperform votes than TELUS International (Cda) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.88% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave TELUS International (Cda) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	Outperform Votes 318 51.88%	Underperform Votes 295 48.12%
TELUS International (Cda)	Outperform Votes 7 50.00%	Underperform Votes 7 50.00%

Does the media prefer LIF or TIXT?

In the previous week, TELUS International (Cda) had 1 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TELUS International (Cda) and 0 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat TELUS International (Cda)'s score of -0.02 indicating that Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	Neutral
TELUS International (Cda)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LIF or TIXT?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TELUS International (Cda). Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS International (Cda), 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
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	C$208.43M	8.46	C$197.32M	C$3.05	8.98
TELUS International (Cda)	C$1.86B	0.35	C$21.68M	C$0.16	20.90

Summary

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty beats TELUS International (Cda) on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.