ATD vs. QSR, MG, CTC.A, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, IDG, CCL.B, and GIL
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Magna International (MG), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), CCL Industries (CCL.B), and Gildan Activewear (GIL). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alimentation Couche-Tard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 17.0% 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.
Restaurant Brands International presently has a consensus target price of C$90.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.69%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus target price of C$86.77, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Given Restaurant Brands International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 17.17% compared to Restaurant Brands International's net margin of 4.34%. Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity of 38.68% beat Restaurant Brands International's return on equity.
86.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 9 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 3 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's score of -0.20 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Restaurant Brands International received 162 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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