Champion Iron Limited

ASX:CIA Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$2.9b

Champion Iron Valuation

Is CIA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CIA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CIA (A$5.69) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$6.76)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CIA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CIA?

Key metric: As CIA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CIA. This is calculated by dividing CIA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CIA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.4x
EarningsCA$253.42m
Market CapCA$2.64b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CIA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CIA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.8x
DRR Deterra Royalties
12.8x-6.1%AU$2.0b
BSL BlueScope Steel
10.4x8.1%AU$8.4b
SMR Stanmore Resources
6.2x-17.8%AU$2.7b
VSL Vulcan Steel
25.6x22.6%AU$926.5m
CIA Champion Iron
10.4x12.8%AU$2.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CIA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the peer average (13.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CIA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the AU Metals and Mining Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KCN Kingsgate Consolidated
1.7x-13.3%US$206.23m
RHI Red Hill Minerals
1.7xn/aUS$164.51m
GRR Grange Resources
2.4xn/aUS$158.54m
PTN Patronus Resources
1.8xn/aUS$49.96m
CIA 10.4xIndustry Avg. 12.8xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CIA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the Australian Metals and Mining industry average (12.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CIA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CIA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.4x
Fair PE Ratio18.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CIA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CIA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$5.69
AU$7.75
+36.2%
8.9%AU$8.82AU$7.06n/a7
Dec ’25AU$5.73
AU$7.47
+30.3%
10.2%AU$8.64AU$6.80n/a7
Nov ’25AU$6.14
AU$7.49
+21.9%
9.8%AU$8.64AU$6.81n/a7
Oct ’25AU$7.17
AU$7.52
+4.8%
9.6%AU$9.20AU$6.87n/a7
Sep ’25AU$6.27
AU$7.81
+24.5%
11.2%AU$9.72AU$7.19n/a6
Aug ’25AU$6.40
AU$8.09
+26.4%
10.4%AU$9.89AU$7.46n/a6
Jul ’25AU$6.51
AU$8.49
+30.4%
9.7%AU$9.83AU$7.47n/a6
Jun ’25AU$7.02
AU$8.48
+20.8%
10.8%AU$9.92AU$7.18n/a6
May ’25AU$6.89
AU$8.34
+21.1%
12.0%AU$9.89AU$7.20n/a6
Apr ’25AU$7.41
AU$8.83
+19.1%
12.1%AU$10.10AU$7.28n/a6
Mar ’25AU$7.93
AU$9.15
+15.4%
9.6%AU$10.16AU$7.32n/a6
Feb ’25AU$8.43
AU$9.18
+8.9%
9.6%AU$10.18AU$7.34n/a6
Jan ’25AU$8.39
AU$8.56
+2.0%
9.4%AU$9.38AU$6.99n/a6
Dec ’24AU$7.82
AU$8.15
+4.2%
8.2%AU$9.03AU$7.00AU$5.736
Nov ’24AU$7.41
AU$7.65
+3.2%
6.7%AU$8.68AU$7.18AU$6.146
Oct ’24AU$6.30
AU$7.53
+19.6%
11.7%AU$9.15AU$6.21AU$7.176
Sep ’24AU$6.18
AU$7.53
+21.8%
12.8%AU$9.14AU$6.21AU$6.275
Aug ’24AU$6.07
AU$7.39
+21.8%
12.4%AU$8.96AU$6.17AU$6.405
Jul ’24AU$6.08
AU$7.51
+23.5%
7.7%AU$8.49AU$6.95AU$6.515
Jun ’24AU$5.68
AU$7.69
+35.4%
8.7%AU$8.60AU$6.90AU$7.025
May ’24AU$6.44
AU$7.93
+23.2%
6.3%AU$8.40AU$7.03AU$6.895
Apr ’24AU$7.14
AU$8.31
+16.4%
5.9%AU$8.83AU$7.51AU$7.415
Mar ’24AU$7.66
AU$8.34
+8.9%
3.9%AU$8.65AU$7.72AU$7.935
Feb ’24AU$7.38
AU$8.11
+9.9%
3.8%AU$8.41AU$7.51AU$8.435
Jan ’24AU$7.31
AU$7.06
-3.4%
6.9%AU$7.80AU$6.49AU$8.395
Dec ’23AU$6.73
AU$6.52
-3.1%
10.6%AU$7.50AU$5.35AU$7.825

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 19:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Champion Iron Limited is covered by 25 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stuart HoweBell Potter
Alexander Robert PearceBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
David GaglianoBMO Capital Markets Equity Research