LNF vs. PET, ZZZ, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, FTI, LXR, BKS, and GPC
Should you be buying Leon's Furniture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leon's Furniture include Pet Valu (PET), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), FTI Foodtech International (FTI), LXRandCo (LXR), Berkley Renewables (BKS), and Genuine Parts (GPC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Leon's Furniture vs. Its Competitors
Pet Valu (TSE:PET) and Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pet Valu pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leon's Furniture pays out 41.7% 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.
Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pet Valu currently has a consensus target price of C$40.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Leon's Furniture has a consensus target price of C$32.20, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than Pet Valu.
76.2% of Pet Valu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 2 more articles in the media than Pet Valu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 0 mentions for Pet Valu. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Leon's Furniture's score of -0.14 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Pet Valu beats Leon's Furniture on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LNF) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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