EMP.A vs. NWC, MRU, PRMW, PBH, MFI, SAP, WN, L, JWEL, and SOY
Should you be buying Empire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empire include North West (NWC), Metro (MRU), Primo Water (PRMW), Premium Brands (PBH), Maple Leaf Foods (MFI), Saputo (SAP), George Weston (WN), Loblaw Companies (L), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), and SunOpta (SOY). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Empire (TSE:EMP.A) and North West (TSE:NWC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Empire currently has a consensus price target of C$38.86, suggesting a potential upside of 22.62%. North West has a consensus price target of C$41.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Given Empire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Empire is more favorable than North West.
42.9% of Empire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of North West shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Empire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of North West shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Empire pays an annual dividend of C$0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. North West pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Empire pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North West pays out 58.4% 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.
North West has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Empire's net margin of 2.46%. North West's return on equity of 19.84% beat Empire's return on equity.
Empire received 77 more outperform votes than North West when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 51.90% of users gave North West an outperform vote while only 45.78% of users gave Empire an outperform vote.
Empire has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North West has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Empire and Empire both had 7 articles in the media. North West's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Empire's score of -0.03 indicating that North West is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Empire has higher revenue and earnings than North West. Empire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North West, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Empire beats North West on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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