LNR vs. ATZ, DOO, WPK, BYD, RCH, NFI, LNF, MTY, TOY, and TCL.A
Should you be buying Linamar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linamar include Aritzia (ATZ), BRP (DOO), Winpak (WPK), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), NFI Group (NFI), Leon's Furniture (LNF), MTY Food Group (MTY), Spin Master (TOY), and Transcontinental (TCL.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Linamar (TSE:LNR) and Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Linamar received 83 more outperform votes than Aritzia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.74% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Linamar an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Linamar had 20 more articles in the media than Aritzia. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Linamar and 5 mentions for Aritzia. Linamar's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Aritzia's score of 0.03 indicating that Linamar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Linamar currently has a consensus price target of C$88.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.02%. Aritzia has a consensus price target of C$41.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.61%. Given Linamar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Linamar is more favorable than Aritzia.
Linamar has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aritzia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
20.5% of Linamar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Aritzia shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of Linamar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Aritzia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Linamar has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Aritzia's net margin of 3.38%. Linamar's return on equity of 10.76% beat Aritzia's return on equity.
Linamar has higher revenue and earnings than Aritzia. Linamar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aritzia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Linamar beats Aritzia on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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