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

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 4.1%. 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	0.85	C$38.48M	C$3.27	9.87
CCL Industries	C$6.94B	0.13	C$679.50M	C$3.76	20.88

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%

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

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

Does the media prefer 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. CCL Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that CCL Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Positive
CCL Industries	Positive

Do institutionals & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 95.4% of CCL Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CCL Industries beats Richards Packaging Income Fund on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.