BMTC Group (GBT) Competitors

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

Is ZZZ or GBT a better dividend stock?

Sleep Country Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share. BMTC Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sleep Country Canada pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BMTC Group pays out 26.8% 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.

Is ZZZ or GBT 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
Sleep Country Canada	7.52%	16.19%	7.06%
BMTC Group	7.51%	9.06%	-0.11%

Do analysts rate ZZZ or GBT?

Sleep Country Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Sleep Country Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sleep Country Canada is more favorable than BMTC Group.

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ZZZ or GBT?

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
Sleep Country Canada	C$953.56M	0.00	C$71.75M	C$2.08	N/A
BMTC Group	C$579.51M	0.72	C$43.50M	C$1.34	9.63

Does the media prefer ZZZ or GBT?

In the previous week, Sleep Country Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BMTC Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sleep Country Canada	Neutral
BMTC Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ZZZ or GBT?

60.2% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of BMTC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Sleep Country Canada shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 66.9% of BMTC Group shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZZZ or GBT?

Sleep Country Canada received 422 more outperform votes than BMTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.57% of users gave Sleep Country Canada an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave BMTC Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sleep Country Canada	Outperform Votes 506 71.57%	Underperform Votes 201 28.43%
BMTC Group	Outperform Votes 84 61.31%	Underperform Votes 53 38.69%

Which has more volatility and risk, ZZZ or GBT?

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

Summary

Sleep Country Canada beats BMTC Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.