RCH vs. DII.B, DOO, LNR, BYD.UN, BYD, GC, PET, ITP, UNS, and LNF
Should you be buying Richelieu Hardware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Richelieu Hardware include Dorel Industries (DII.B), BRP (DOO), Linamar (LNR), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Pet Valu (PET), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Uni-Select (UNS), and Leon's Furniture (LNF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Richelieu Hardware vs. Its Competitors
Dorel Industries (TSE:DII.B) and Richelieu Hardware (TSE:RCH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Dorel Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 62.5%. Richelieu Hardware pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dorel Industries pays out -20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Richelieu Hardware pays out 37.3% 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. Dorel Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dorel Industries has a beta of 3.06, indicating that its share price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richelieu Hardware has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorel Industries presently has a consensus price target of C$1.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Richelieu Hardware has a consensus price target of C$37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given Richelieu Hardware's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Richelieu Hardware is more favorable than Dorel Industries.
49.4% of Dorel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of Richelieu Hardware shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dorel Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Richelieu Hardware shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Richelieu Hardware has higher revenue and earnings than Dorel Industries. Dorel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richelieu Hardware, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dorel Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Richelieu Hardware. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dorel Industries and 0 mentions for Richelieu Hardware. Richelieu Hardware's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Dorel Industries' score of -0.49 indicating that Richelieu Hardware is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Richelieu Hardware has a net margin of 4.97% compared to Dorel Industries' net margin of -6.47%. Richelieu Hardware's return on equity of 9.84% beat Dorel Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Richelieu Hardware beats Dorel Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RCH) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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