CIA vs. STLC, LIF, ASTL, TSL, CMC, LUN, PAAS, KAT, WFG, and AGI
Should you be buying Champion Iron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Champion Iron include Stelco (STLC), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Tree Island Steel (TSL), Commercial Metals (CMC), Lundin Mining (LUN), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), West Fraser Timber (WFG), and Alamos Gold (AGI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Stelco (TSE:STLC) and Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Champion Iron had 13 more articles in the media than Stelco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Champion Iron and 1 mentions for Stelco. Stelco's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Champion Iron's score of 0.30 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Champion Iron has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Champion Iron's net margin of 7.49%. Stelco's return on equity of 23.32% beat Champion Iron's return on equity.
Champion Iron received 130 more outperform votes than Stelco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Champion Iron an outperform vote while only 43.39% of users gave Stelco an outperform vote.
Champion Iron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stelco. Champion Iron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stelco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stelco presently has a consensus price target of C$56.44, indicating a potential downside of 14.63%. Champion Iron has a consensus price target of C$8.38, indicating a potential upside of 48.49%. Given Stelco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Stelco.
22.5% of Stelco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of Champion Iron shares are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of Stelco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Champion Iron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stelco has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Champion Iron has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stelco pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Stelco pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Champion Iron pays out 35.1% 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. Champion Iron is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Champion Iron beats Stelco on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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