NFI vs. MTY, LNF, TOY, TCL.A, CAS, PBL, ZZZ, MRE, CCL.A, and CTC
Should you be buying NFI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NFI Group include MTY Food Group (MTY), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Spin Master (TOY), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Cascades (CAS), Pollard Banknote (PBL), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Martinrea International (MRE), CCL Industries (CCL.A), and Canadian Tire (CTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
NFI Group (TSE:NFI) and MTY Food Group (TSE:MTY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
MTY Food Group has a net margin of 8.86% compared to NFI Group's net margin of -5.07%. MTY Food Group's return on equity of 13.23% beat NFI Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, NFI Group had 4 more articles in the media than MTY Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NFI Group and 2 mentions for MTY Food Group. MTY Food Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NFI Group's score of 0.53 indicating that MTY Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NFI Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MTY Food Group has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MTY Food Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NFI Group. NFI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MTY Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NFI Group received 26 more outperform votes than MTY Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave NFI Group an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave MTY Food Group an outperform vote.
NFI Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. MTY Food Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. NFI Group pays out -10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MTY Food Group pays out 24.2% 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.
30.1% of NFI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of MTY Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of NFI Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of MTY Food Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NFI Group currently has a consensus price target of C$18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 67.72%. MTY Food Group has a consensus price target of C$54.29, suggesting a potential upside of 10.49%. Given NFI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NFI Group is more favorable than MTY Food Group.
Summary
MTY Food Group beats NFI Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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