ZZZ vs. LNF, CTC, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, FTI, LXR, BKS, and GPC
Should you be buying Sleep Country Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sleep Country Canada include Leon's Furniture (LNF), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), FTI Foodtech International (FTI), LXRandCo (LXR), Berkley Renewables (BKS), and Genuine Parts (GPC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Sleep Country Canada (TSE:ZZZ) and Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Sleep Country Canada has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Leon's Furniture's net margin of 5.78%. Sleep Country Canada's return on equity of 15.69% beat Leon's Furniture's return on equity.
In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 2 more articles in the media than Sleep Country Canada. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 0 mentions for Sleep Country Canada. Leon's Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Sleep Country Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Leon's Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Leon's Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Sleep Country Canada. Leon's Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sleep Country Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sleep Country Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$30.79, suggesting a potential upside of 20.02%. Leon's Furniture has a consensus price target of C$24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Sleep Country Canada's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sleep Country Canada is more favorable than Leon's Furniture.
Sleep Country Canada has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sleep Country Canada received 412 more outperform votes than Leon's Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.18% of users gave Sleep Country Canada an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote.
Sleep Country Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sleep Country Canada pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leon's Furniture pays out 34.3% 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.
58.0% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sleep Country Canada beats Leon's Furniture on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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