Martinrea International (MRE) Competitors

ABC Technologies (TSE:ABCT) and Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ABCT or MRE?

Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than ABC Technologies. ABC Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martinrea International, 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
ABC Technologies	C$1.43B	0.00	-C$46.88M	-C$0.57	N/A
Martinrea International	C$5.14B	0.11	C$100.24M	C$1.34	5.89

Which has more volatility and risk, ABCT or MRE?

ABC Technologies has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martinrea International has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ABCT or MRE more profitable?

Martinrea International has a net margin of 1.95% compared to ABC Technologies' net margin of -3.27%. Martinrea International's return on equity of 6.62% beat ABC Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABC Technologies	-3.27%	-13.41%	2.89%
Martinrea International	1.95%	6.62%	4.49%

Do analysts recommend ABCT or MRE?

Martinrea International has a consensus price target of C$11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 42.23%. Given Martinrea International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than ABC Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABC Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Martinrea International	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media favor ABCT or MRE?

In the previous week, Martinrea International had 6 more articles in the media than ABC Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Martinrea International and 0 mentions for ABC Technologies. ABC Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Martinrea International's score of -0.08 indicating that ABC Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ABC Technologies	Neutral
Martinrea International	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ABCT or MRE?

28.7% of ABC Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Martinrea International shares are held by institutional investors. 65.1% of ABC Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Martinrea International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABCT or MRE?

Martinrea International received 340 more outperform votes than ABC Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.80% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave ABC Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABC Technologies	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 19 100.00%
Martinrea International	Outperform Votes 340 53.80%	Underperform Votes 292 46.20%

Is ABCT or MRE a better dividend stock?

ABC Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.15 per share. Martinrea International pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. ABC Technologies pays out -26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martinrea International pays out 14.9% 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.

Summary

Martinrea International beats ABC Technologies on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.