Leon's Furniture (LNF) Competitors

Pet Valu (TSE:PET) and Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, PET or LNF?

Pet Valu has a beta of 0.917959, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.93256, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PET or LNF?

Leon's Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. Leon's Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pet Valu, 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
Pet Valu	C$1.13B	2.33	C$86.60M	C$1.34	28.80
Leon's Furniture	C$2.54B	0.79	C$133.45M	C$2.34	12.50

Is PET or LNF a better dividend stock?

Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pet Valu pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leon's Furniture pays out 34.2% 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. Leon's Furniture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer PET or LNF?

In the previous week, Pet Valu had 1 more articles in the media than Leon's Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pet Valu and 2 mentions for Leon's Furniture. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Leon's Furniture's score of 0.32 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pet Valu	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Leon's Furniture	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PET or LNF more profitable?

Pet Valu has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Leon's Furniture's net margin of 5.24%. Pet Valu's return on equity of 100.39% beat Leon's Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pet Valu	8.02%	100.39%	11.38%
Leon's Furniture	5.24%	12.54%	5.53%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PET or LNF?

65.4% of Pet Valu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PET or LNF?

Pet Valu currently has a consensus price target of C$40.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.23%. Leon's Furniture has a consensus price target of C$32.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.05%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than Pet Valu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Summary

Pet Valu beats Leon's Furniture on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.