Supremex (SXP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer RPI.UN or SXP?

Richards Packaging Income Fund currently has a consensus target price of C$43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.18%. Given Richards Packaging Income Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Richards Packaging Income Fund is more favorable than Supremex.

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
Supremex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RPI.UN or SXP?

26.5% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Supremex shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Supremex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RPI.UN or SXP?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Supremex. Supremex 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	0.90	C$38.48M	C$2.19	15.44
Supremex	C$274.62M	0.35	-C$16.94M	-C$0.62	-6.26

Which has more risk and volatility, RPI.UN or SXP?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.706124, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Supremex has a beta of 1.184242, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RPI.UN or SXP?

In the previous week, Richards Packaging Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Supremex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund and 2 mentions for Supremex. Supremex's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.20 indicating that Supremex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is RPI.UN or SXP a better dividend stock?

Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Supremex pays an annual dividend of C$0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Supremex 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. Supremex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RPI.UN or SXP more profitable?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Supremex's net margin of -5.92%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.32% beat Supremex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%
Supremex	-5.92%	-13.05%	4.61%

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.