LNR vs. POU, CPG, VET, NVA, MEG, ATH, GBR, MEQ, OR, and MX
Should you be buying Linamar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linamar include Paramount Resources (POU), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), MEG Energy (MEG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Methanex (MX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Linamar vs.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Linamar (TSE:LNR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Paramount Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Linamar. Paramount Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linamar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 38.22% compared to Linamar's net margin of 5.30%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 28.32% beat Linamar's return on equity.
7.2% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Linamar shares are held by institutional investors. 46.0% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.8% of Linamar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Linamar pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Paramount Resources pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Linamar pays out 12.4% 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.
Paramount Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$38.07, indicating a potential upside of 27.12%. Linamar has a consensus target price of C$88.40, indicating a potential upside of 38.73%. Given Linamar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Linamar is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.53, indicating that its stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linamar has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Linamar received 11 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.86% of users gave Linamar an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Linamar. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Paramount Resources and 2 mentions for Linamar. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Linamar's score of 0.00 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Paramount Resources and Linamar tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LNR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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