CCL.B vs. GIL, CTC.A, MG, BYD, LNR, DOO, ATZ, QSR, WPK, and CAS
Should you be buying CCL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CCL Industries include Gildan Activewear (GIL), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Magna International (MG), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Winpak (WPK), and Cascades (CAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.B) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
40.3% of CCL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of CCL Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CCL Industries pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gildan Activewear pays out 27.0% 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. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gildan Activewear received 35 more outperform votes than CCL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 72.98% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote.
CCL Industries has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CCL Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Gildan Activewear. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CCL Industries had 16 more articles in the media than Gildan Activewear. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for CCL Industries and 4 mentions for Gildan Activewear. CCL Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.59 indicating that CCL Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to CCL Industries' net margin of 7.97%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 26.88% beat CCL Industries' return on equity.
CCL Industries currently has a consensus target price of C$81.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus target price of C$47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.57%. Given CCL Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CCL Industries is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats CCL Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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