Winpak (WPK) Competitors

Intertape Polymer Group (TSE:ITP) and Winpak (TSE:WPK) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer ITP or WPK?

Winpak has a consensus target price of C$53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.09%. Given Winpak's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Winpak is more favorable than Intertape Polymer Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intertape Polymer Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Winpak	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ITP or WPK?

Winpak has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intertape Polymer Group. Intertape Polymer Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winpak, 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
Intertape Polymer Group	C$1.59B	0.00	-C$10.97M	-C$0.19	N/A
Winpak	C$780.06M	2.40	C$102.73M	C$3.32	12.87

Is ITP or WPK more profitable?

Winpak has a net margin of 13.17% compared to Intertape Polymer Group's net margin of 0.00%. Winpak's return on equity of 10.82% beat Intertape Polymer Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intertape Polymer Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Winpak	13.17%	10.82%	7.15%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ITP or WPK?

26.9% of Winpak shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Winpak shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITP or WPK?

Intertape Polymer Group received 104 more outperform votes than Winpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.57% of users gave Intertape Polymer Group an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave Winpak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intertape Polymer Group	Outperform Votes 331 75.57%	Underperform Votes 107 24.43%
Winpak	Outperform Votes 227 61.68%	Underperform Votes 141 38.32%

Is ITP or WPK a better dividend stock?

Intertape Polymer Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.67 per share. Winpak pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Intertape Polymer Group pays out -360.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winpak pays out 6.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to ITP or WPK?

In the previous week, Winpak had 11 more articles in the media than Intertape Polymer Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Winpak and 0 mentions for Intertape Polymer Group. Winpak's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Intertape Polymer Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Winpak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intertape Polymer Group	Neutral
Winpak	Neutral

Summary

Winpak beats Intertape Polymer Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.