TWC Enterprises (TWC) Competitors

Spin Master (TSE:TOY) and TWC Enterprises (TSE:TWC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TOY or TWC?

14.0% of Spin Master shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of TWC Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Spin Master shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.2% of TWC Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TOY or TWC a better dividend stock?

Spin Master pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. TWC Enterprises pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Spin Master pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TWC Enterprises pays out 13.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TOY or TWC?

Spin Master has a beta of 0.470041, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TWC Enterprises has a beta of 0.269418, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TOY or TWC?

TWC Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spin Master. TWC Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spin Master, 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
Spin Master	C$2.29B	0.82	C$21.85M	C$0.83	22.41
TWC Enterprises	C$221.07M	2.61	C$49.81M	C$2.49	9.57

Does the media prefer TOY or TWC?

In the previous week, Spin Master had 4 more articles in the media than TWC Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Spin Master and 1 mentions for TWC Enterprises. TWC Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Spin Master's score of -0.17 indicating that TWC Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spin Master	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TWC Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TOY or TWC more profitable?

TWC Enterprises has a net margin of 18.78% compared to Spin Master's net margin of 1.45%. TWC Enterprises' return on equity of 9.23% beat Spin Master's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spin Master	1.45%	2.24%	4.32%
TWC Enterprises	18.78%	9.23%	2.36%

Do analysts prefer TOY or TWC?

Spin Master currently has a consensus price target of C$29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.60%. Given Spin Master's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spin Master is more favorable than TWC Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spin Master	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
TWC Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Spin Master beats TWC Enterprises on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.