POOL vs. SJR, SIRI, PARA, ONON, SNA, FWONA, VIACA, PARAA, WYNN, and DKNG
Should you be buying Pool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pool include Shaw Communications (SJR), Sirius XM (SIRI), Paramount Global (PARA), ON (ONON), Snap-on (SNA), Formula One Group (FWONA), ViacomCBS (VIACA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), and DraftKings (DKNG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Pool vs.
Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) and Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Shaw Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pool pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaw Communications pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Pool has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaw Communications has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pool has higher revenue and earnings than Shaw Communications. Pool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaw Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.2% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Shaw Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shaw Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shaw Communications has a net margin of 13.57% compared to Pool's net margin of 12.11%. Pool's return on equity of 61.70% beat Shaw Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Pool had 5 more articles in the media than Shaw Communications. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pool and 8 mentions for Shaw Communications. Shaw Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Pool's score of 0.13 indicating that Shaw Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pool presently has a consensus price target of $391.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Shaw Communications has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.82%. Given Shaw Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shaw Communications is more favorable than Pool.
Pool received 14 more outperform votes than Shaw Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Shaw Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Pool beats Shaw Communications on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding POOL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
