ROOT vs. CJR.B, SXP, SRV.UN, IDG, TRZ, PNC.A, TVA.B, PNC.B, ICE, and WPRT
Should you be buying Roots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roots include Corus Entertainment (CJR.B), Supremex (SXP), SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Transat A.T. (TRZ), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), TVA Group (TVA.B), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Canlan Ice Sports (ICE), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Roots (TSE:ROOT) and Corus Entertainment (TSE:CJR.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Roots has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corus Entertainment has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Corus Entertainment'saverage media sentiment score.
Roots presently has a consensus price target of C$3.25, indicating a potential upside of 38.30%. Corus Entertainment has a consensus price target of C$0.94, indicating a potential upside of 89.39%. Given Corus Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corus Entertainment is more favorable than Roots.
Corus Entertainment received 127 more outperform votes than Roots when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Corus Entertainment an outperform vote.
Roots has a net margin of 0.70% compared to Corus Entertainment's net margin of -30.00%. Roots' return on equity of 0.97% beat Corus Entertainment's return on equity.
Roots has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Corus Entertainment. Corus Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.1% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Corus Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Corus Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Roots beats Corus Entertainment on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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