Supremex (SXP) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SXP or RPI.UN?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a consensus target price of C$43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Richards Packaging Income Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Richards Packaging Income Fund is more favorable than Supremex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Supremex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor SXP or RPI.UN?

In the previous week, Supremex had 1 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Supremex and 1 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Supremex's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Supremex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Supremex	Neutral
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SXP or RPI.UN?

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
Supremex	C$274.62M	0.36	-C$16.94M	-C$0.62	-6.40
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$413.30M	0.91	C$38.48M	C$2.19	15.61

Is SXP or RPI.UN 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
Supremex	-5.92%	-13.05%	4.61%
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%

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

0.6% of Supremex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.6% of Supremex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SXP or RPI.UN a better dividend stock?

Supremex pays an annual dividend of C$0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Supremex pays out -30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 60.3% 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.

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

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

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.