PLC vs. RAY.B, ACQ, GBT, AW.UN, TWC, RAY.A, GOOS, RPI.UN, BPF.UN, and PZA
Should you be buying Park Lawn stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Park Lawn include Stingray Group (RAY.B), AutoCanada (ACQ), BMTC Group (GBT), A and W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (AW.UN), TWC Enterprises (TWC), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Canada Goose (GOOS), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), and Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Park Lawn (TSE:PLC) and Stingray Group (TSE:RAY.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Stingray Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Park Lawn. Park Lawn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stingray Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Park Lawn has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stingray Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Park Lawn currently has a consensus target price of C$22.63, suggesting a potential upside of 38.29%. Given Park Lawn's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Park Lawn is more favorable than Stingray Group.
Park Lawn received 134 more outperform votes than Stingray Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Park Lawn an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Stingray Group an outperform vote.
Stingray Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to Park Lawn's net margin of -2.23%. Stingray Group's return on equity of 12.40% beat Park Lawn's return on equity.
25.1% of Park Lawn shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Park Lawn 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.
In the previous week, Park Lawn had 4 more articles in the media than Stingray Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Park Lawn and 0 mentions for Stingray Group. Park Lawn's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Stingray Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Park Lawn is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Park Lawn pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Stingray Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Park Lawn pays out -153.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stingray Group pays out 56.6% 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
Park Lawn beats Stingray Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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