Empire (EMP.A) Competitors

Centamin (TSE:CEE) and Empire (TSE:EMP.A) are both mid-cap misc. companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is CEE or EMP.A a better dividend stock?

Centamin pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Centamin pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empire pays out 29.2% 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. Empire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CEE or EMP.A more profitable?

Centamin has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.18%. Centamin's return on equity of 14.16% beat Empire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centamin	9.10%	14.16%	8.45%
Empire	2.18%	12.94%	4.60%

Which has more risk & volatility, CEE or EMP.A?

Centamin has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empire has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CEE or EMP.A?

In the previous week, Empire had 10 more articles in the media than Centamin. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Empire and 0 mentions for Centamin. Empire's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Centamin's score of 0.00 indicating that Empire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Centamin	Neutral
Empire	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has a consensus target price of C$57.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.03%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Empire is more favorable than Centamin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centamin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Empire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CEE or EMP.A?

Empire has higher revenue and earnings than Centamin. Centamin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empire, 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
Centamin	C$930.75M	0.00	C$84.67M	C$0.10	N/A
Empire	C$30.87B	0.25	C$672M	C$2.74	20.34

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CEE or EMP.A?

90.6% of Centamin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Centamin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Empire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Empire beats Centamin on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.