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

Which has stronger valuation & 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	0.35	-C$16.94M	-C$0.62	-6.23
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$413.30M	0.89	C$38.48M	C$2.19	15.38

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

0.6% of Supremex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 38.6% of Supremex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 analysts prefer SXP or RPI.UN?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a consensus target price of C$43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Given Richards Packaging Income Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

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 4.9%. 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 risk and volatility, SXP or RPI.UN?

Supremex has a beta of 1.122017, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.684938, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SXP or RPI.UN?

In the previous week, Richards Packaging Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Supremex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund and 0 mentions for Supremex. Supremex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Richards Packaging Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Supremex	Neutral
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Neutral

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.