ATZ vs. ROOT, CCL.B, GIL, CTC.A, BYD, LNR, BYD.UN, DOO, WPK, and GC
Should you be buying Aritzia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aritzia include Roots (ROOT), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), BRP (DOO), Winpak (WPK), and Great Canadian Gaming (GC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) and Roots (TSE:ROOT) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Aritzia received 134 more outperform votes than Roots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote.
Aritzia has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Roots' net margin of 0.70%. Aritzia's return on equity of 10.55% beat Roots' return on equity.
Aritzia presently has a consensus price target of C$41.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.53%. Roots has a consensus price target of C$3.25, indicating a potential upside of 60.10%. Given Roots' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Roots is more favorable than Aritzia.
51.5% of Aritzia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Roots shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Aritzia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Roots shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Aritzia had 8 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aritzia and 0 mentions for Roots. Aritzia's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Roots' score of 0.00 indicating that Aritzia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aritzia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roots has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aritzia has higher revenue and earnings than Roots. Aritzia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aritzia beats Roots on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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