WPK vs. CAS, CCL.A, ATZ, DOO, RCH, LNR, LNF, NFI, MTY, and TOY
Should you be buying Winpak stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winpak include Cascades (CAS), CCL Industries (CCL.A), Aritzia (ATZ), BRP (DOO), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Linamar (LNR), Leon's Furniture (LNF), NFI Group (NFI), MTY Food Group (MTY), and Spin Master (TOY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Winpak (TSE:WPK) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Winpak pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cascades pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Winpak pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cascades pays out -63.2% 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. Cascades is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Winpak has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winpak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Winpak currently has a consensus target price of C$47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.75%. Cascades has a consensus target price of C$11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.78%. Given Cascades' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Winpak.
Winpak has a net margin of 12.96% compared to Cascades' net margin of -1.64%. Winpak's return on equity of 10.82% beat Cascades' return on equity.
Cascades received 217 more outperform votes than Winpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Cascades an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Winpak an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cascades had 6 more articles in the media than Winpak. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cascades and 2 mentions for Winpak. Winpak's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Cascades' score of -0.02 indicating that Winpak is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Winpak has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
27.7% of Winpak shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.2% of Winpak shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Cascades shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Winpak beats Cascades on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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