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Champion Iron (CIA) Competitors

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C$4.19 +0.07 (+1.70%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Champion Iron
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Perseus Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Champion Iron8.51% 9.13% 13.11%
Perseus Mining 31.59%22.01%16.07%

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Champion IronC$1.51B1.43C$128.81MC$0.2516.76
Perseus MiningC$1.73B2.83C$546.57MC$0.329.98

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CIA vs. The Competition

MetricChampion IronSteel IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.17BC$970.21MC$3.25BC$6.26B
Dividend Yield3.78%9.46%5.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio16.764.93101.4454.38
Price / Sales1.4311.6730,017,513,221,228,500.001,113.49
Price / Cash12.5616.2623.8683.29
Price / Book1.560.806.004.96
Net IncomeC$128.81MC$197.22MC$147.94MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.70%-1.18%0.41%0.51%
1 Month Performance7.99%0.69%5.16%4.13%
1 Year Performance-25.84%-1.61%25.97%25.62%

Champion Iron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIA
Champion Iron
3.4171 of 5 stars
C$4.19
+1.7%
C$6.67
+59.1%
-29.7%C$2.17BC$1.51B16.76220Analyst Revision
PRU
Perseus Mining
0.1541 of 5 stars
C$3.18
-0.9%
C$2.70
-15.1%
+28.0%C$4.86BC$1.73B9.9139,900
ALS
Altius Minerals
1.2754 of 5 stars
C$27.51
-1.2%
C$30.75
+11.8%
+29.1%C$1.27BC$43.80M93.1119News Coverage
Analyst Revision
STC
Sangoma Technologies
N/AC$8.23
+0.5%
C$11.50
+39.7%
+105.5%C$197.47MC$174.58M-28.801,342High Trading Volume
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.85
-1.2%
N/A-26.3%C$153.73MN/A-17.3174,300
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
ROOT
Roots
1.2702 of 5 stars
C$3.08
+0.7%
C$3.75
+21.8%
+50.7%C$124.58MC$261.62M43.05760
KFS
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$61.55MC$53.38M-3.00280
AXV
Axion Ventures
N/AC$0.20
-9.1%
N/A+0.0%C$51.18MC$4.91M-5.002,080
MXX
MATRRIX Energy Technologies
N/AC$0.31
+3.3%
N/A+0.0%C$40.80MC$23.15M-16.32122
ANK
Angkor Resources
N/AC$0.20
+8.3%
N/A+58.3%C$35.97MN/A-19.50N/ANegative News
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