Champion Iron (CIA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Champion is a high-purity iron ore producer with operations in Canada and Norway. Through Quebec Iron Ore Inc., Champion owns and operates the Bloom Lake Mining Complex located on the south end of the Labrador Trough, approximately 13 kilometres north of Fermont, Québec. Bloom Lake is an open-pit operation with two concentration plants that primarily source energy from renewable hydroelectric power, having a combined nameplate capacity of 15M wmt per year that produce low contaminant high-purity iron ore concentrates with a proven ability to produce direct reduction grade quality iron ore concentrate. The iron ore concentrate from Bloom Lake is transported by rail, to a ship loading port in Sept-Îles, Québec. Benefiting from one of the highest purity resources globally, Champion is implementing a work program to be able to upgrade up to half of the Bloom Lake's mine capacity to a direct reduction quality pellet feed iron ore with up to 69% Fe.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$1.98 to C$2.07
• 50-Day Range: C$1.80 to C$3.46
• 52-Week Range: C$1.74 to C$6.14
• Volume: 918,208 shs
• Average Volume: 540,436 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.11 billion
• P/E Ratio: 199.00
• Dividend Yield: 6.03%
• Price Target: C$4.41
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Champion Iron Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Champion Iron scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Champion Iron has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Champion Iron has a consensus price target of C$4.41, representing about 121.4% upside from its current price of C$1.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Champion Iron has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Champion Iron is 199.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.49.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Champion Iron is 199.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 28.27.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Champion Iron, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Champion Iron has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CIA.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Champion Iron is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Champion Iron does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Champion Iron is 1,200.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.21

News Sentiment

Champion Iron has a news sentiment score of 0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.39 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Champion Iron this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for CIA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Champion Iron to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Champion Iron insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

11.33% of the stock of Champion Iron is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

34.44% of the stock of Champion Iron is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: TSE:CIA
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.championiron.com
• Phone: +61-2-98107816
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 220
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Champion Iron: C$4.41
• High Price Target: C$7.00
• Low Price Target: C$3.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +121.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 199.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: -1.35
• Net Income: C$128.81 million
• Net Margins: -0.11%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -0.11%
• Return on Assets: 13.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 92.23
• Current Ratio: 1.60
• Quick Ratio: 2.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$1.65 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.68
• Cash Flow: C$0.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.56
• Book Value: C$2.81 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 560,047,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.11 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.77