Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN) Competitors

Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) and CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.A) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is RPI.UN or CCL.A more profitable?

CCL Industries has a net margin of 9.80% compared to Richards Packaging Income Fund's net margin of 9.26%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.32% beat CCL Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%
CCL Industries	9.80%	14.28%	6.87%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RPI.UN or CCL.A?

33.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of CCL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 95.4% of CCL Industries shares are owned 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.

Is RPI.UN or CCL.A a better dividend stock?

Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CCL Industries pays out 30.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RPI.UN or CCL.A?

Richards Packaging Income Fund received 9 more outperform votes than CCL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.07% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Richards Packaging Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Outperform Votes 76 63.33%	Underperform Votes 44 36.67%
CCL Industries	Outperform Votes 67 69.07%	Underperform Votes 30 30.93%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, RPI.UN or CCL.A?

CCL Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Richards Packaging Income Fund. Richards Packaging Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCL Industries, 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
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$415.52M	0.77	C$38.48M	C$3.27	8.93
CCL Industries	C$6.94B	0.13	C$679.50M	C$3.76	20.82

Does the media refer more to RPI.UN or CCL.A?

In the previous week, Richards Packaging Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund and 0 mentions for CCL Industries. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CCL Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Neutral
CCL Industries	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, RPI.UN or CCL.A?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCL Industries has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CCL Industries beats Richards Packaging Income Fund on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.