BC vs. CHH, WH, PLNT, GIL, NXST, RRR, REYN, WHR, BYD, and LBTYA
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Whirlpool (WHR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Choice Hotels International. Brunswick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are owned 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.
Choice Hotels International presently has a consensus target price of $129.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Brunswick has a consensus target price of $92.83, indicating a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Choice Hotels International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 2 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Brunswick and 8 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Brunswick's score of 0.40 indicating that Brunswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Choice Hotels International pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 31.2% 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. Choice Hotels International has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Brunswick has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Brunswick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 6.24%. Brunswick's return on equity of 748.46% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Brunswick received 501 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 41.04% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Summary
Brunswick beats Choice Hotels International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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