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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

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

33.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Cascades shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

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 4.9%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cascades pays out -64.7% 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.

Do analysts rate RPI.UN or CAS?

Cascades has a consensus price target of C$11.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.88%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cascades is more favorable than Richards Packaging Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cascades	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer RPI.UN or CAS?

In the previous week, Cascades had 32 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Cascades and 1 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Cascades' score of -0.13 indicating that Richards Packaging Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Richards Packaging Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cascades	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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$415.52M	0.86	C$38.48M	C$3.27	9.94
Cascades	C$4.64B	0.21	-C$75.12M	-C$0.74	-13.19

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Cascades on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.