Winpak (WPK) Competitors

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

Is WPK or ITP a better dividend stock?

Winpak pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Intertape Polymer Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.67 per share. Winpak pays out 6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intertape Polymer Group pays out -360.8% 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 preferable earnings & valuation, WPK or ITP?

Winpak has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Winpak	C$780.06M	2.38	C$102.73M	C$3.32	12.76
Intertape Polymer Group	C$1.59B	0.00	-C$10.97M	-C$0.19	N/A

Is WPK or ITP 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
Winpak	13.17%	10.82%	7.15%
Intertape Polymer Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend WPK or ITP?

Winpak presently has a consensus target price of C$50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.67%. Given Winpak's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Winpak is more favorable than Intertape Polymer Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winpak	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Intertape Polymer Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WPK or ITP?

26.9% of Winpak shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Winpak shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor WPK or ITP?

In the previous week, Winpak had 2 more articles in the media than Intertape Polymer Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Winpak and 0 mentions for Intertape Polymer Group. Winpak's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Intertape Polymer Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Winpak is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Winpak	Neutral
Intertape Polymer Group	Neutral

Summary

Winpak beats Intertape Polymer Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.