STLC vs. LIF, CIA, ASTL, SSL, OGC, CEE, EQX, IMG, FVI, and DPM
Should you be buying Stelco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stelco include Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Champion Iron (CIA), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), OceanaGold (OGC), Centamin (CEE), Equinox Gold (EQX), IAMGOLD (IMG), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), and Dundee Precious Metals (DPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) and Stelco (TSE:STLC) are both 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.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 93.08% compared to Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's net margin of 5.11%. Stelco's return on equity of 28.73% beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty received 215 more outperform votes than Stelco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.56% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote while only 44.02% of users gave Stelco an outperform vote.
21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Stelco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Stelco 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.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stelco has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty presently has a consensus price target of C$32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Stelco has a consensus price target of C$51.06, suggesting a potential upside of 23.44%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stelco is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stelco. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stelco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Stelco pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stelco pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Stelco had 4 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Stelco and 0 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Stelco's score of 0.00 indicating that Stelco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Stelco beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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