Leon's Furniture (LNF) Competitors

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

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

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

Is LNF or PET 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
Leon's Furniture	5.24%	12.54%	5.53%
Pet Valu	8.02%	100.39%	11.38%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LNF or PET?

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
Leon's Furniture	C$2.54B	0.77	C$133.45M	C$2.34	12.34
Pet Valu	C$1.13B	2.28	C$86.60M	C$1.34	28.19

Do analysts rate LNF or PET?

Leon's Furniture currently has a consensus target price of C$32.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.53%. Pet Valu has a consensus target price of C$40.22, indicating a potential upside of 6.46%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than Pet Valu.

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

Is LNF or PET a better dividend stock?

Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Leon's Furniture pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pet Valu pays out 34.3% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, LNF or PET?

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

Does the media prefer LNF or PET?

In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 1 more articles in the media than Pet Valu. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 0 mentions for Pet Valu. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Leon's Furniture's score of 0.21 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Leon's Furniture	Neutral
Pet Valu	Positive

Summary

Leon's Furniture and Pet Valu tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.