SXP vs. RPI.UN, IFX, NEXE, GDNP, PRH, IP, CCL.B, WPK, ITP, and CAS
Should you be buying Supremex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Supremex include Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Imaflex (IFX), NEXE Innovations (NEXE), good natured Products (GDNP), Pearl River (PRH), Imagination Park Entertainment (IP), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Winpak (WPK), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), and Cascades (CAS). These companies are all part of the "packaging & containers" industry.
Supremex (TSE:SXP) and Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Supremex's net margin of 3.95%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.69% beat Supremex's return on equity.
Supremex currently has a consensus target price of C$5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given Supremex's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Supremex is more favorable than Richards Packaging Income Fund.
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.
Supremex pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Supremex pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 42.0% 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.
Supremex received 59 more outperform votes than Richards Packaging Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.53% of users gave Supremex an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Richards Packaging Income Fund an outperform vote.
3.0% of Supremex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Supremex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Supremex had 1 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Supremex and 5 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Supremex's score of 0.08 indicating that Richards Packaging Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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