Canadian Pacific Railway (TSE:CP) Vs. CNR, WCN, WSP, TFII, TIH, AC, STN, ATA, BBU.UN, and BBD.A
Should you be buying Canadian Pacific Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Pacific Railway include Canadian National Railway (CNR), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), TFI International (TFII), Toromont Industries (TIH), Air Canada (AC), Stantec (STN), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), and Bombardier (BBD.A). These companies are all part of the "railroads" industry.These companies are all part of the "railroads" industry.These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Canadian Pacific Railway vs.
Canadian Pacific Railway (TSE:CP) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Canadian Pacific Railway received 433 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.72% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Canadian Pacific Railway an outperform vote.
Canadian Pacific Railway has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Canadian Pacific Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Railway had 11 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Canadian Pacific Railway and 2 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Canadian Pacific Railway's score of -0.19 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Pacific Railway presently has a consensus target price of C$156.80, suggesting a potential upside of 67.13%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$154.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Canadian Pacific Railway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Railway is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Canadian Pacific Railway pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Canadian Pacific Railway pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 29.3% 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. Canadian Pacific Railway is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Canadian Pacific Railway beats Waste Connections on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Canadian Pacific Railway (TSE:CP) vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Pacific Railway Competitors List
