GIL vs. CTC.A, BYD, CCL.B, LNR, DOO, ATZ, WPK, RCH, MG, and QSR
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Linamar (LNR), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Winpak (WPK), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Magna International (MG), and Restaurant Brands International (QSR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) and Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian Tire. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Gildan Activewear's net margin of 1.28%. Canadian Tire's return on equity of 27.79% beat Gildan Activewear's return on equity.
Canadian Tire received 60 more outperform votes than Gildan Activewear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 10 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 0 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Gildan Activewear's score of -0.42 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
32.5% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Tire presently has a consensus price target of C$162.44, indicating a potential upside of 20.28%. Gildan Activewear has a consensus price target of C$47.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.90%. Given Gildan Activewear's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Tire is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Canadian Tire pays out 185.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gildan Activewear pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Canadian Tire on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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