CKI vs. XTC, GH, BPF.UN, PZA, TCL.B, RPI.UN, DII.B, KEG.UN, RAY.A, and TRZ
Should you be buying Clarke stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarke include Exco Technologies (XTC), Gamehost (GH), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Dorel Industries (DII.B), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), Stingray Group (RAY.A), and Transat A.T. (TRZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Clarke (TSE:CKI) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
13.2% of Clarke shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Exco Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 75.5% of Clarke shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Exco Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Clarke's net margin of 4.20%. Exco Technologies' return on equity of 7.51% beat Clarke's return on equity.
Exco Technologies received 168 more outperform votes than Clarke when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Clarke an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Clarke had 2 more articles in the media than Exco Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarke and 0 mentions for Exco Technologies. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Clarke's score of -0.31 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exco Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Clarke. Exco Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarke, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exco Technologies has a consensus target price of C$13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.20%. Given Exco Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Clarke.
Clarke has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clarke pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Clarke pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exco Technologies pays out 59.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats Clarke on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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