MRE vs. XTC, CTC, CCL.A, CAS, PBL, ZZZ, TCL.A, GOOS, TOY, and MTY
Should you be buying Martinrea International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martinrea International include Exco Technologies (XTC), Canadian Tire (CTC), CCL Industries (CCL.A), Cascades (CAS), Pollard Banknote (PBL), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Canada Goose (GOOS), Spin Master (TOY), and MTY Food Group (MTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Martinrea International pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Martinrea International pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies pays out 59.2% 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.
Martinrea International presently has a consensus price target of C$18.21, suggesting a potential upside of 60.90%. Exco Technologies has a consensus price target of C$13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.62%. Given Exco Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Martinrea International.
Martinrea International received 104 more outperform votes than Exco Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.32% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Martinrea International and Martinrea International both had 1 articles in the media. Martinrea International's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Exco Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Martinrea International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 2.88%. Martinrea International's return on equity of 10.81% beat Exco Technologies' return on equity.
Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Exco Technologies. Martinrea International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.9% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Martinrea International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Martinrea International has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Martinrea International beats Exco Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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