Chorus Aviation (CHR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHR or LIF?

5.1% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Chorus Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHR or LIF?

Chorus Aviation received 43 more outperform votes than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% of users gave Chorus Aviation an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Labrador Iron Ore Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chorus Aviation	Outperform Votes 361 66.73%	Underperform Votes 180 33.27%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	Outperform Votes 318 52.22%	Underperform Votes 291 47.78%

Does the media prefer CHR or LIF?

In the previous week, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty had 1 more articles in the media than Chorus Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty and 2 mentions for Chorus Aviation. Chorus Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's score of 0.03 indicating that Chorus Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is CHR or LIF a better dividend stock?

Chorus Aviation pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Chorus Aviation pays out 208.7% 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 pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, CHR or LIF?

Chorus Aviation has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CHR or LIF?

Chorus Aviation currently has a consensus price target of C$3.21, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a consensus price target of C$32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.69%. Given Chorus Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Chorus Aviation is more favorable than Labrador Iron Ore Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chorus Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CHR or LIF more profitable?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has a net margin of 99.70% compared to Chorus Aviation's net margin of -6.95%. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's return on equity of 31.89% beat Chorus Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chorus Aviation	-6.95%	7.10%	4.43%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	99.70%	31.89%	11.52%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHR or LIF?

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Chorus Aviation	C$1.72B	0.00	C$44.58M	C$0.23	N/A
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty	C$211M	9.87	C$210.38M	C$3.20	10.17

Summary

Chorus Aviation beats Labrador Iron Ore Royalty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.