PRU vs. CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, ROOT, KFS, AXV, MXX, and ANK
Should you be buying Perseus Mining stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perseus Mining include Champion Iron (CIA), 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.
Perseus Mining vs. Its Competitors
Perseus Mining (TSE:PRU) and Champion Iron (TSE:CIA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
Perseus Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Champion Iron pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Perseus Mining pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Champion Iron pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Champion Iron has a consensus price target of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.99%. Given Champion Iron's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Champion Iron is more favorable than Perseus Mining.
50.1% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.4% of Champion Iron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Perseus Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Champion Iron 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.
In the previous week, Perseus Mining had 2 more articles in the media than Champion Iron. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Perseus Mining and 1 mentions for Champion Iron. Champion Iron's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Perseus Mining's score of 0.20 indicating that Champion Iron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perseus Mining has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Perseus Mining has a beta of 1.522334, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Champion Iron has a beta of 0.695953, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Perseus Mining beats Champion Iron on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:PRU) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
