WN vs. MRU, L, EMP.A, ATD.A, ATD.B, DOL, SAP, NWC, PBH, and MFI
Should you be buying George Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of George Weston include Metro (MRU), Loblaw Companies (L), Empire (EMP.A), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), Dollarama (DOL), Saputo (SAP), North West (NWC), Premium Brands (PBH), and Maple Leaf Foods (MFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
George Weston vs.
Metro (TSE:MRU) and George Weston (TSE:WN) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Metro presently has a consensus price target of C$78.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. George Weston has a consensus price target of C$193.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Metro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe George Weston is more favorable than Metro.
Metro has a net margin of 4.78% compared to Metro's net margin of 2.97%. Metro's return on equity of 20.63% beat George Weston's return on equity.
Metro pays an annual dividend of C$1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. George Weston pays an annual dividend of C$2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Metro pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. George Weston pays out 23.0% 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. George Weston is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Metro has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, George Weston has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
George Weston has higher revenue and earnings than Metro. George Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Metro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, George Weston had 2 more articles in the media than Metro. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for George Weston and 1 mentions for Metro. Metro's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat George Weston's score of 0.00 indicating that George Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metro received 121 more outperform votes than George Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.45% of users gave George Weston an outperform vote while only 57.01% of users gave Metro an outperform vote.
48.0% of Metro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of George Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Metro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.7% of George Weston shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
George Weston beats Metro on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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