STLC vs. LIF, ASTL, CIA, OGC, FVI, SSL, DPM, CG, CEE, and AYA
Should you be buying Stelco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stelco include Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Champion Iron (CIA), OceanaGold (OGC), Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), Centerra Gold (CG), Centamin (CEE), and Aya Gold & Silver (AYA). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 93.08% compared to Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's net margin of 7.49%. Stelco's return on equity of 28.73% beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity.
In the previous week, Stelco had 10 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Stelco and 1 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Stelco's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's score of -0.35 indicating that Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stelco has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stelco has higher revenue and earnings than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. 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 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 43.64% of users gave Stelco an outperform vote.
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 4.7%. 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 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Stelco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Stelco 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.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$32.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Stelco has a consensus target price of C$50.61, indicating a potential upside of 18.25%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stelco is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.
Summary
Stelco beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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