BMTC Group (GBT) Competitors

BMTC Group (TSE:GBT) and Sleep Country Canada (TSE:ZZZ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GBT or ZZZ?

13.8% of BMTC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.9% of BMTC Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GBT or ZZZ?

BMTC Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sleep Country Canada has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GBT or ZZZ?

Sleep Country Canada has a consensus target price of C$35.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Sleep Country Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sleep Country Canada is more favorable than BMTC Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BMTC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sleep Country Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Is GBT or ZZZ a better dividend stock?

BMTC Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sleep Country Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share. BMTC Group pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sleep Country Canada pays out 45.7% 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. BMTC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GBT or ZZZ?

In the previous week, BMTC Group had 1 more articles in the media than Sleep Country Canada. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BMTC Group and 0 mentions for Sleep Country Canada. BMTC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Sleep Country Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that BMTC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BMTC Group	Positive
Sleep Country Canada	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GBT or ZZZ?

Sleep Country Canada has higher revenue and earnings than BMTC Group. Sleep Country Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BMTC Group, 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
BMTC Group	C$579.51M	0.79	C$43.50M	C$1.34	10.46
Sleep Country Canada	C$953.56M	0.00	C$71.75M	C$2.08	N/A

Is GBT or ZZZ more profitable?

Sleep Country Canada has a net margin of 7.52% compared to BMTC Group's net margin of 7.51%. Sleep Country Canada's return on equity of 16.19% beat BMTC Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BMTC Group	7.51%	9.06%	-0.11%
Sleep Country Canada	7.52%	16.19%	7.06%

Summary

Sleep Country Canada beats BMTC Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.