Leon's Furniture (LNF) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PET or LNF?

Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & 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$1.08B	1.79	C$86.60M	C$1.21	22.37
Leon's Furniture	C$2.54B	0.61	C$133.45M	C$1.92	11.71

Does the media favor PET or LNF?

In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 6 more articles in the media than Pet Valu. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 0 mentions for Pet Valu. Leon's Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Pet Valu's score of 0.00 indicating that Leon's Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pet Valu	Neutral
Leon's Furniture	Positive

Do analysts prefer PET or LNF?

Pet Valu currently has a consensus target price of C$32.42, indicating a potential upside of 19.49%. Leon's Furniture has a consensus target price of C$29.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.12%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is PET or LNF a better dividend stock?

Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PET or LNF?

Leon's Furniture received 91 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 7 50.00%	Underperform Votes 7 50.00%
Leon's Furniture	Outperform Votes 98 59.39%	Underperform Votes 67 40.61%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PET or LNF?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

Leon's Furniture beats Pet Valu on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.