Champion Iron (CIA) Competitors

Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) and Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Is CIA or PRU a better dividend stock?

Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CIA or PRU?

51.2% of Champion Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Champion Iron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perseus Mining has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CIA or PRU more profitable?

Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.61% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 17.64%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.73% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Champion Iron	17.64%	22.52%	13.11%
Perseus Mining	31.61%	22.73%	16.07%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CIA or PRU?

Perseus Mining has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Champion Iron. Perseus Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Champion Iron, 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
Champion Iron	C$1.69B	1.60	C$298.89M	C$0.57	9.16
Perseus Mining	C$1.03B	3.31	C$324.28M	C$0.32	7.72

Do analysts rate CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron currently has a consensus target price of C$7.63, indicating a potential upside of 46.07%. Perseus Mining has a consensus target price of C$2.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Champion Iron's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Perseus Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Champion Iron	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Perseus Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIA or PRU?

Champion Iron received 134 more outperform votes than Perseus Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.39% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Perseus Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Champion Iron	Outperform Votes 237 71.39%	Underperform Votes 95 28.61%
Perseus Mining	Outperform Votes 103 55.68%	Underperform Votes 82 44.32%

Does the media refer more to CIA or PRU?

In the previous week, Champion Iron and Champion Iron both had 3 articles in the media. Champion Iron's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Perseus Mining's score of 1.16 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Champion Iron	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Perseus Mining	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Champion Iron beats Perseus Mining on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.