Martinrea International (MRE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate MRE or UNS?

Martinrea International currently has a consensus target price of C$11.19, indicating a potential upside of 28.15%. Given Martinrea International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than Uni-Select.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Martinrea International	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Uni-Select	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MRE or UNS?

Uni-Select received 192 more outperform votes than Martinrea International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Uni-Select an outperform vote while only 53.87% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Martinrea International	Outperform Votes 341 53.87%	Underperform Votes 292 46.13%
Uni-Select	Outperform Votes 533 73.31%	Underperform Votes 194 26.69%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MRE or UNS?

Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Uni-Select. Uni-Select 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
Martinrea International	C$5.14B	0.13	C$100.24M	C$1.34	6.50
Uni-Select	C$1.77B	0.00	C$74.01M	C$1.97	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, MRE or UNS?

Martinrea International has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uni-Select has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MRE or UNS more profitable?

Uni-Select has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 1.95%. Uni-Select's return on equity of 13.61% beat Martinrea International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Martinrea International	1.95%	6.62%	4.49%
Uni-Select	4.18%	13.61%	5.13%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MRE or UNS?

16.6% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Uni-Select shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Martinrea International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Uni-Select shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MRE or UNS?

In the previous week, Martinrea International had 1 more articles in the media than Uni-Select. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Martinrea International and 0 mentions for Uni-Select. Martinrea International's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Uni-Select's score of 0.00 indicating that Martinrea International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Martinrea International	Positive
Uni-Select	Neutral

Summary

Martinrea International beats Uni-Select on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.