ATD vs. QSR, MG, CTC.A, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, IDG, CCL.B, and GIL
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Magna International (MG), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), CCL Industries (CCL.B), and Gildan Activewear (GIL). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus target price of C$86.77, suggesting a potential upside of 11.51%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus target price of C$87.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.34%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 3 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.34 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. 24.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by company 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.
Restaurant Brands International received 162 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 61.4% 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.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 4.34%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 38.19% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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