CTC.A vs. GIL, BYD, LNR, DOO, ATZ, WPK, CCL.B, RCH, NFI, and MG
Should you be buying Canadian Tire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Tire include Gildan Activewear (GIL), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Winpak (WPK), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), NFI Group (NFI), and Magna International (MG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 1.71%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 26.88% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.
Canadian Tire currently has a consensus price target of C$144.63, suggesting a potential upside of 0.32%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of C$47.00, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
31.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian Tire. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 2 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Gildan Activewear's score of 0.08 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.13 per share. Canadian Tire pays out 139.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gildan Activewear pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Canadian Tire received 60 more outperform votes than Gildan Activewear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.
Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more 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.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Canadian Tire on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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