RPI.UN vs. CAS, IPLP, SXP, IFX, NEXE, GDNP, PRH, IP, CCL.B, and CCL.A
Should you be buying Richards Packaging Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Richards Packaging Income Fund include Cascades (CAS), IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP), Supremex (SXP), Imaflex (IFX), NEXE Innovations (NEXE), good natured Products (GDNP), Pearl River (PRH), Imagination Park Entertainment (IP), CCL Industries (CCL.B), and CCL Industries (CCL.A). These companies are all part of the "packaging & containers" industry.
Richards Packaging Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Cascades had 10 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cascades and 0 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cascades' score of -0.01 indicating that Richards Packaging Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.706124, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 1.079841, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
25.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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 4.8%. 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.
Cascades has a consensus target price of C$11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Richards Packaging Income Fund.
Summary
Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Cascades on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:RPI.UN) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff