Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN) Competitors

Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) 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 risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

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

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.684938, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 0.953412, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RPI.UN or CAS?

In the previous week, Cascades had 18 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cascades and 0 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Cascades is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Neutral
Cascades	Neutral

Do analysts prefer RPI.UN or CAS?

Richards Packaging Income Fund currently has a consensus target price of C$43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.21%. Cascades has a consensus target price of C$11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Richards Packaging Income Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Richards Packaging Income Fund is more favorable than Cascades.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cascades	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is RPI.UN or CAS more profitable?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Cascades' net margin of -1.62%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.32% beat Cascades' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%
Cascades	-1.62%	-4.35%	2.49%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RPI.UN or CAS?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richards Packaging Income Fund, 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$413.30M	0.86	C$38.48M	C$2.19	14.74
Cascades	C$4.75B	0.22	-C$75.12M	-C$0.08	-128.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RPI.UN or CAS?

26.5% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RPI.UN or CAS a better dividend stock?

Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Cascades pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cascades pays out -600.0% 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. Cascades is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Cascades on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.