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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

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 1.4%. 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. CCL Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CCL Industries received 52 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote while only 62.50% 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 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%

Do analysts prefer CCL.A or PET?

Pet Valu has a consensus target price of C$34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	20.72
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	2.10	C$86.60M	C$1.21	26.36

Does the media refer more to CCL.A or PET?

In the previous week, Pet Valu had 5 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pet Valu and 1 mentions for CCL Industries. CCL Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Pet Valu's score of 0.62 indicating that CCL Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CCL Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pet Valu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pet Valu beats CCL Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.