CCL Industries (CCL.A) Competitors

CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.A) and Pet Valu (TSE:PET) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCL.A or PET?

CCL Industries has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCL.A or PET?

CCL Industries received 53 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CCL Industries	Outperform Votes 67 69.07%	Underperform Votes 30 30.93%
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 14 60.87%	Underperform Votes 9 39.13%

Does the media favor CCL.A or PET?

In the previous week, Pet Valu had 4 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pet Valu and 0 mentions for CCL Industries. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat CCL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CCL Industries	Neutral
Pet Valu	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CCL.A or PET?

1.5% of CCL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Pet Valu shares are held by institutional investors. 95.4% of CCL Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CCL.A or PET?

Pet Valu has a consensus target price of C$34.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.10%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pet Valu is more favorable than CCL Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CCL Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.30

Is CCL.A or PET a better dividend stock?

CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CCL Industries pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pet Valu pays out 36.3% 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CCL.A or PET?

CCL Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. CCL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pet Valu, 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
CCL Industries	C$6.94B	0.13	C$679.50M	C$3.76	20.82
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	1.96	C$86.60M	C$1.21	24.59

Is CCL.A or PET more profitable?

CCL Industries has a net margin of 9.80% compared to Pet Valu's net margin of 8.02%. Pet Valu's return on equity of 100.39% beat CCL Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CCL Industries	9.80%	14.28%	6.87%
Pet Valu	8.02%	100.39%	11.38%

Summary

Pet Valu beats CCL Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.