MG vs. CCL.B, GIL, QSR, CTC.A, BYD, ATD, LNR, MRE, XTC, and WPRT
Should you be buying Magna International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magna International include CCL Industries (CCL.B), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD), Linamar (LNR), Martinrea International (MRE), Exco Technologies (XTC), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.B) and Magna International (TSE:MG) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
CCL Industries has a net margin of 7.97% compared to CCL Industries' net margin of 2.83%. Magna International's return on equity of 11.93% beat CCL Industries' return on equity.
CCL Industries currently has a consensus target price of C$78.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.76%. Magna International has a consensus target price of C$60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.01%. Given Magna International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CCL Industries is more favorable than Magna International.
CCL Industries has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magna International has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CCL Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Magna International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CCL Industries and 0 mentions for Magna International. Magna International's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CCL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that CCL Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Magna International pays an annual dividend of C$2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. CCL Industries pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magna International pays out 44.8% 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.
41.6% of CCL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Magna International shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of CCL Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Magna International shares are owned by 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.
Magna International received 46 more outperform votes than CCL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.89% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote while only 70.43% of users gave Magna International an outperform vote.
Magna International has higher revenue and earnings than CCL Industries. Magna International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CCL Industries beats Magna International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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