Aritzia (ATZ) Competitors

Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) and Winpak (TSE:WPK) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate ATZ or WPK?

Aritzia currently has a consensus target price of C$40.60, indicating a potential upside of 20.65%. Winpak has a consensus target price of C$45.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Aritzia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Aritzia is more favorable than Winpak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aritzia	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Winpak	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATZ or WPK?

Aritzia received 94 more outperform votes than Winpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Winpak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aritzia	Outperform Votes 316 66.39%	Underperform Votes 160 33.61%
Winpak	Outperform Votes 222 62.18%	Underperform Votes 135 37.82%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATZ or WPK?

Aritzia has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winpak has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ATZ or WPK?

Winpak has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aritzia. Winpak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aritzia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aritzia	C$2.29B	1.32	C$91.91M	C$0.81	41.54
Winpak	C$1.14B	2.31	C$148.13M	C$3.10	13.08

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ATZ or WPK?

50.7% of Aritzia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Winpak shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Aritzia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.7% of Winpak 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.

Does the media favor ATZ or WPK?

In the previous week, Aritzia and Aritzia both had 1 articles in the media. Aritzia's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Winpak's score of 0.76 indicating that Aritzia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aritzia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Winpak	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATZ or WPK more profitable?

Winpak has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Aritzia's net margin of 4.02%. Aritzia's return on equity of 13.01% beat Winpak's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aritzia	4.02%	13.01%	5.99%
Winpak	12.98%	11.26%	7.39%

Summary

Aritzia beats Winpak on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.