CCL.B vs. GIL, CTC.A, BYD, LNR, MG, DOO, ATZ, QSR, WPK, and CAS
Should you be buying CCL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CCL Industries include Gildan Activewear (GIL), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), Magna International (MG), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Winpak (WPK), and Cascades (CAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.B) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 16 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 3 mentions for CCL Industries. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CCL Industries' score of 0.39 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CCL Industries. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.70% compared to CCL Industries' net margin of 7.97%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 27.79% beat CCL Industries' return on equity.
CCL Industries has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
41.6% of CCL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of CCL Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CCL Industries pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gildan Activewear pays out 26.7% 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. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gildan Activewear received 35 more outperform votes than CCL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 73.89% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote.
CCL Industries currently has a consensus price target of C$78.90, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of C$47.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.74%. Given CCL Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CCL Industries is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats CCL Industries on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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