KPT vs. MAV, CSW.A, HLF, ADW.A, WBR, BRB, CRP, BABY, GCL, and WTER
Should you be buying KP Tissue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KP Tissue include MAV Beauty Brands (MAV), Corby Spirit and Wine (CSW.A), High Liner Foods (HLF), Andrew Peller (ADW.A), Waterloo Brewing (WBR), Waterloo Brewing (BRB), Ceres Global (CRP), Else Nutrition (BABY), Colabor Group (GCL), and Alkaline Water (WTER). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
KP Tissue vs. Its Competitors
MAV Beauty Brands (TSE:MAV) and KP Tissue (TSE:KPT) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
KP Tissue has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MAV Beauty Brands. MAV Beauty Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KP Tissue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KP Tissue had 3 more articles in the media than MAV Beauty Brands. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KP Tissue and 0 mentions for MAV Beauty Brands. KP Tissue's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat MAV Beauty Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that KP Tissue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MAV Beauty Brands has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KP Tissue has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KP Tissue has a consensus price target of C$9.13, indicating a potential downside of 3.95%. Given MAV Beauty Brands' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MAV Beauty Brands is more favorable than KP Tissue.
18.5% of MAV Beauty Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of KP Tissue shares are held by institutional investors. 57.0% of MAV Beauty Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of KP Tissue shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KP Tissue has a net margin of 0.00% compared to MAV Beauty Brands' net margin of -192.08%. KP Tissue's return on equity of 9.05% beat MAV Beauty Brands' return on equity.
Summary
KP Tissue beats MAV Beauty Brands on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:KPT) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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