ATD vs. CTC.A, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, FTI, and LXR
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), FTI Foodtech International (FTI), and LXRandCo (LXR). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Tire pays out 139.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Canadian Tire presently has a consensus target price of C$144.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus target price of C$86.77, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Given Canadian Tire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 1.71%. Canadian Tire's return on equity of 23.19% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
Canadian Tire received 446 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
32.1% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Tire. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 2 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Tire and 3 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Canadian Tire's score of 0.34 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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