NFI vs. MTY, LNF, TOY, TCL.A, CAS, PBL, ZZZ, MRE, CCL.A, and CTC
Should you be buying NFI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NFI Group include MTY Food Group (MTY), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Spin Master (TOY), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Cascades (CAS), Pollard Banknote (PBL), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Martinrea International (MRE), CCL Industries (CCL.A), and Canadian Tire (CTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) and NFI Group (TSE:NFI) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
MTY Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NFI Group. NFI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MTY Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.8% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of NFI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of MTY Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of NFI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NFI Group had 3 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NFI Group and 2 mentions for MTY Food Group. NFI Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat MTY Food Group's score of 0.49 indicating that MTY Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NFI Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MTY Food Group has a net margin of 8.86% compared to MTY Food Group's net margin of -5.07%. NFI Group's return on equity of 13.23% beat MTY Food Group's return on equity.
NFI Group received 26 more outperform votes than MTY Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave NFI Group an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave MTY Food Group an outperform vote.
MTY Food Group presently has a consensus target price of C$54.29, suggesting a potential upside of 10.49%. NFI Group has a consensus target price of C$18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 67.72%. Given MTY Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NFI Group is more favorable than MTY Food Group.
MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. NFI Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. MTY Food Group pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NFI Group pays out -10.4% 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.
Summary
MTY Food Group beats NFI Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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