Canadian Tire (CTC.A) Competitors

Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Do analysts recommend LNF or CTC.A?

Leon's Furniture currently has a consensus target price of C$29.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.74%. Canadian Tire has a consensus target price of C$146.89, indicating a potential downside of 1.19%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is LNF or CTC.A a better dividend stock?

Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Leon's Furniture pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 102.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNF or CTC.A?

Canadian Tire received 418 more outperform votes than Leon's Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.85% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Leon's Furniture	Outperform Votes 95 59.38%	Underperform Votes 65 40.63%
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 513 64.85%	Underperform Votes 278 35.15%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LNF or CTC.A?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Leon's Furniture. Leon's Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leon's Furniture	C$2.53B	0.72	C$147.50M	C$2.14	12.49
Canadian Tire	C$16.35B	0.47	C$381.70M	C$6.85	21.70

Which has more risk & volatility, LNF or CTC.A?

Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LNF or CTC.A more profitable?

Leon's Furniture has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. Leon's Furniture's return on equity of 14.68% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leon's Furniture	5.84%	14.68%	5.53%
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LNF or CTC.A?

5.7% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire 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.

Does the media favor LNF or CTC.A?

In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 5 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 5 mentions for Canadian Tire. Leon's Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Canadian Tire's score of -0.20 indicating that Leon's Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Leon's Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Tire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Canadian Tire beats Leon's Furniture on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.