Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ) Competitors

Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC) and Sleep Country Canada (TSE:ZZZ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTC or ZZZ?

Sleep Country Canada received 297 more outperform votes than Canadian Tire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.90% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 72.56% of users gave Sleep Country Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 208 77.90%	Underperform Votes 59 22.10%
Sleep Country Canada	Outperform Votes 505 72.56%	Underperform Votes 191 27.44%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CTC or ZZZ?

13.1% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Sleep Country Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 81.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Sleep Country Canada shares are held 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.

Is CTC or ZZZ a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sleep Country Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Canadian Tire pays out 185.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sleep Country Canada pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sleep Country Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CTC or ZZZ?

In the previous week, Sleep Country Canada had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sleep Country Canada and 1 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Sleep Country Canada's score of 0.18 indicating that Sleep Country Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Tire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sleep Country Canada	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CTC or ZZZ?

Sleep Country Canada has a consensus target price of C$32.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Canadian Tire's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sleep Country Canada is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Sleep Country Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, CTC or ZZZ?

Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sleep Country Canada has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CTC or ZZZ?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Sleep Country Canada. Sleep Country Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Tire	C$16.66B	0.05	C$213.30M	C$3.78	67.02
Sleep Country Canada	C$935.04M	1.01	C$71.19M	C$2.04	13.74

Is CTC or ZZZ more profitable?

Sleep Country Canada has a net margin of 7.61% compared to Sleep Country Canada's net margin of 1.28%. Canadian Tire's return on equity of 16.85% beat Sleep Country Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	1.28%	5.03%	3.74%
Sleep Country Canada	7.61%	16.85%	7.08%

Summary

Sleep Country Canada beats Canadian Tire on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.