Chorus Aviation (CHR) Competitors

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (TSE:LIF) and Chorus Aviation (TSE:CHR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Is LIF or CHR more profitable?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Chorus Aviation's net margin of -7.57%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 29.05% beat Chorus Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	94.67%	29.05%	11.52%
Chorus Aviation	-7.57%	-11.70%	4.43%

Do analysts rate LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty currently has a consensus price target of C$33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Chorus Aviation has a consensus price target of C$12.25, suggesting a potential downside of 35.66%. Given Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is more favorable than Chorus Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Chorus Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIF or CHR?

Chorus Aviation received 46 more outperform votes than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.18% of users gave Chorus Aviation an outperform vote while only 51.88% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	Outperform Votes 318 51.88%	Underperform Votes 295 48.12%
Chorus Aviation	Outperform Votes 364 66.18%	Underperform Votes 186 33.82%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LIF or CHR?

21.6% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chorus Aviation. Chorus Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	C$208.43M	9.11	C$197.32M	C$3.05	9.67
Chorus Aviation	C$218.98M	2.36	-C$16.59M	-C$0.61	-31.43

Is LIF or CHR a better dividend stock?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Chorus Aviation pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chorus Aviation pays out -79.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor LIF or CHR?

In the previous week, Chorus Aviation had 3 more articles in the media than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chorus Aviation and 1 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Chorus Aviation's score of 0.53 indicating that Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chorus Aviation	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, LIF or CHR?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chorus Aviation has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty beats Chorus Aviation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.