BC vs. REYN, BFAM, NXST, CROX, HRB, PVH, MHK, TAL, IGT, and RRR
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Crocs (CROX), H&R Block (HRB), PVH (PVH), Mohawk Industries (MHK), TAL Education Group (TAL), International Game Technology (IGT), and Red Rock Resorts (RRR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Brunswick vs.
Brunswick (NYSE:BC) and Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Reynolds Consumer Products. Brunswick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reynolds Consumer Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.4% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 40 more articles in the media than Reynolds Consumer Products. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Brunswick and 3 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products. Reynolds Consumer Products' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Brunswick's score of -0.04 indicating that Reynolds Consumer Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brunswick received 729 more outperform votes than Reynolds Consumer Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.42% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 41.86% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote.
Brunswick has a net margin of 8.21% compared to Reynolds Consumer Products' net margin of 6.18%. Brunswick's return on equity of 33.86% beat Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity.
Brunswick presently has a consensus price target of $96.57, suggesting a potential upside of 22.94%. Reynolds Consumer Products has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.80%. Given Brunswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.
Brunswick has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Brunswick pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Brunswick beats Reynolds Consumer Products on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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