ASTL vs. LIF, STLC, CIA, OSK, ALS, CHE.UN, LAC, SLS, KRR, and EDR
Should you be buying Algoma Steel Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Steel Group include Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Stelco (STLC), Champion Iron (CIA), Osisko Mining (OSK), Altius Minerals (ALS), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Lithium Americas (LAC), Solaris Resources (SLS), Karora Resources (KRR), and Endeavour Silver (EDR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Algoma Steel Group (TSE:ASTL) and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Algoma Steel Group has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.4% of Algoma Steel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Algoma Steel Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Algoma Steel Group. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algoma Steel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 93.08% compared to Algoma Steel Group's net margin of 1.99%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 28.73% beat Algoma Steel Group's return on equity.
Algoma Steel Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Algoma Steel Group pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty received 309 more outperform votes than Algoma Steel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.56% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote while only 20.93% of users gave Algoma Steel Group an outperform vote.
Algoma Steel Group currently has a consensus target price of C$15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 42.92%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a consensus target price of C$32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given Algoma Steel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Algoma Steel Group is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.
In the previous week, Algoma Steel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Labrador Iron Ore Royalty'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Algoma Steel Group and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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