CIA vs. STLC, LIF, ASTL, CGG, EQX, ERO, PRU, FR, OR, and HBM
Should you be buying Champion Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Champion Iron include Stelco (STLC), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Equinox Gold (EQX), Ero Copper (ERO), Perseus Mining (PRU), First Majestic Silver (FR), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Hudbay Minerals (HBM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Stelco (TSE:STLC) and Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Champion Iron received 131 more outperform votes than Stelco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 44.02% of users gave Stelco an outperform vote.
Champion Iron has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 5.11%. Stelco's return on equity of 23.32% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.
Champion Iron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stelco. Champion Iron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stelco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
46.5% of Stelco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Champion Iron shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Stelco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Champion Iron shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Stelco had 1 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stelco and 2 mentions for Champion Iron. Stelco's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.27 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stelco pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Stelco pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% 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.
Stelco currently has a consensus target price of C$51.06, suggesting a potential upside of 23.44%. Champion Iron has a consensus target price of C$8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 25.58%. Given Stelco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Stelco.
Stelco has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Champion Iron has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Champion Iron beats Stelco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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