BC vs. CHH, WHR, REYN, WH, GIL, BFAM, LBTYA, MAT, BYD, and PVH
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Whirlpool (WHR), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Mattel (MAT), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and PVH (PVH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 6.57%. Brunswick's return on equity of 594.23% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 4 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Brunswick and 5 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.14 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Choice Hotels International. Brunswick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brunswick received 501 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.14% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 41.01% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Choice Hotels International presently has a consensus price target of $130.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.97%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $92.08, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Brunswick's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Choice Hotels International is more favorable than Brunswick.
Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Choice Hotels International pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 28.2% 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. Choice Hotels International has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Brunswick has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Brunswick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Brunswick beats Choice Hotels International on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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