SCI vs. ACI, COTY, TAP, ARMK, DAR, USFD, CELH, INGR, LW, and NYT
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Coty (COTY), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Aramark (ARMK), Darling Ingredients (DAR), US Foods (USFD), Celsius (CELH), Ingredion (INGR), Lamb Weston (LW), and New York Times (NYT). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Service Co. International vs.
Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Service Co. International received 276 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.55% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 48.11% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Albertsons Companies presently has a consensus target price of $27.77, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. Given Albertsons Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Service Co. International.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 2.16%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 60.71% beat Service Co. International's return on equity.
65.6% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Albertsons Companies pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International pays out 30.8% 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. Service Co. International has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Albertsons Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Service Co. International. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Albertsons Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Albertsons Companies and 4 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 0.45 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Service Co. International beats Albertsons Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCI 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 NYSE 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.
Service Co. International Competitors List
