CIA vs. PRU, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, ROOT, KFS, AXV, MXX, and ANK
Should you be buying Champion Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Champion Iron include Perseus Mining (PRU), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), Roots (ROOT), Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO) (KFS), Axion Ventures (AXV), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), and Angkor Resources (ANK). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Champion Iron vs. Its Competitors
Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) and Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Champion Iron presently has a consensus price target of C$6.67, suggesting a potential upside of 59.11%. Perseus Mining has a consensus price target of C$2.70, suggesting a potential downside of 15.63%. Given Champion Iron's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Perseus Mining.
Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Champion Iron pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Perseus Mining pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Perseus Mining has a net margin of 31.59% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 8.51%. Perseus Mining's return on equity of 22.01% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.
In the previous week, Champion Iron had 2 more articles in the media than Perseus Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Champion Iron and 1 mentions for Perseus Mining. Champion Iron's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Perseus Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perseus Mining has higher revenue and 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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Perseus Mining 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.
Champion Iron has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perseus Mining has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Perseus Mining beats Champion Iron on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CIA) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff