George Weston (WN) Competitors

Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and George Weston (TSE:WN) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, L or WN?

Loblaw Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than George Weston. Loblaw Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than George Weston, 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
Loblaw Companies	C$60.23B	1.12	C$2.23B	C$7.37	30.38
George Weston	C$60.42B	0.58	C$648.55M	C$5.00	53.76

Is L or WN a better dividend stock?

Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. George Weston pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Loblaw Companies pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. George Weston pays out 65.7% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of L or WN?

20.7% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of George Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.4% of George Weston shares are owned by 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 L or WN more profitable?

Loblaw Companies has a net margin of 3.71% compared to George Weston's net margin of 1.07%. Loblaw Companies' return on equity of 19.90% beat George Weston's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loblaw Companies	3.71%	19.90%	5.89%
George Weston	1.07%	10.33%	5.75%

Does the media refer more to L or WN?

In the previous week, Loblaw Companies had 4 more articles in the media than George Weston. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Loblaw Companies and 0 mentions for George Weston. Loblaw Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat George Weston's score of 0.00 indicating that Loblaw Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Loblaw Companies	Neutral
George Weston	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor L or WN?

Loblaw Companies received 302 more outperform votes than George Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave George Weston an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loblaw Companies	Outperform Votes 645 66.22%	Underperform Votes 329 33.78%
George Weston	Outperform Votes 343 65.09%	Underperform Votes 184 34.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, L or WN?

Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, George Weston has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate L or WN?

Loblaw Companies currently has a consensus price target of C$207.38, indicating a potential downside of 7.34%. George Weston has a consensus price target of C$254.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.16%. Given George Weston's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe George Weston is more favorable than Loblaw Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loblaw Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
George Weston	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Loblaw Companies beats George Weston on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.