Champion Iron Limited

This report is an updated version of the report published on 27 March 2025 at 11:22 AM AEDT.

1.1: Company Overview: Champion Iron Limited (ASX: CIA) is an iron ore exploration and mining company focused on the production of high-grade iron ore concentrate. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Quebec Iron Ore Inc., CIA operates the Bloom Lake Mining Complex located in Québec's Labrador Trough. Kalkine’s Dividend Income Report covers the Investment Highlights, Management Insights, Key Financial Metrics, Risks, Technical Analysis along with the Valuation, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock.   

1.2: The Key Positives, Negatives, Investment Highlights, and Risks:

1.3: Top 10 Shareholders: The top 10 shareholders together form ~44.60% of the total shareholding. Investissement Québec and Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. are holding maximum stakes in the company at ~8.39% and ~8.09%, respectively.

1.4: Key Metrics: In November 2024, CIA distributed its seventh semi-annual dividend, amounting to CAD 0.10 per ordinary share. This dividend payout totaled CAD 51.8mn, reflecting the company's financial performance and commitment to delivering value to its shareholders. The decision to maintain regular dividend payments highlights the company’s financial position and its ability to generate cash flow, while simultaneously positioning itself for growth and expansion. Below is captured the metrics showing the trend of revenue and gross profit since 4QFY24:

2.1: Recent Business Updates:

2.2: Financial Insights:

2.3: Historical Financial Trend:

4.1: Price Performance and Technical Summary

The stock price has gone down by ~5.15% in the last one month and over the last six months, stock prices declined by ~29.32%. The stock has a 52-week low and 52-week high of AUD 4.690 and AUD 7.960, respectively, and is currently trading below the average of its 52-week-high-low level. CIA was last covered in a report dated ‘27 February 2025’.

4.2: Fundamental Valuation

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macro-economic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Note 1: Past performance is neither an indicator nor a guarantee of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels is 27 March 2025. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.   

Note 4: Dividend Yield may vary as per the stock price movement. 

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Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest. Support 1 refers to the nearby support level for the stock and if the price breaches the level, then Support 2 may act as the crucial support level for the stock.

Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and an uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest. Resistance 1 refers to the nearby resistance level for the stock and if the price surpasses the level, then Resistance 2 may act as the crucial resistance level for the stock.

Stop-loss: It is a level to protect further losses in case of unfavourable movement in the stock prices.