Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN) Competitors

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

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

1.5% of CCL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 95.4% of CCL Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CCL.A or RPI.UN 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
CCL Industries	9.80%	14.28%	6.87%
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCL.A or RPI.UN?

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
CCL Industries	C$6.94B	0.14	C$679.50M	C$3.76	21.22
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$415.52M	0.86	C$38.48M	C$3.27	10.00

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

CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CCL Industries pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 40.4% 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 media prefer CCL.A or RPI.UN?

In the previous week, Richards Packaging Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund and 1 mentions for CCL Industries. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat CCL Industries' score of 0.39 indicating that Richards Packaging Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CCL Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

CCL Industries beats Richards Packaging Income Fund on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.