Winpak (WPK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CAS or WPK?

31.0% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Winpak shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Cascades shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.7% of Winpak shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CAS or WPK?

Cascades currently has a consensus target price of C$12.20, indicating a potential upside of 30.76%. Winpak has a consensus target price of C$45.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Winpak's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Winpak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cascades	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Winpak	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CAS or WPK more profitable?

Winpak has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Winpak's net margin of -1.64%. Cascades' return on equity of 11.26% beat Winpak's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cascades	-1.64%	-2.86%	3.38%
Winpak	12.98%	11.26%	7.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAS or WPK?

Cascades received 217 more outperform votes than Winpak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.28% of users gave Cascades an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Winpak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cascades	Outperform Votes 439 64.28%	Underperform Votes 244 35.72%
Winpak	Outperform Votes 222 62.18%	Underperform Votes 135 37.82%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CAS or WPK?

Winpak has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cascades. Cascades 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
Cascades	C$4.64B	0.20	-C$76M	-C$0.76	-12.28
Winpak	C$1.14B	2.32	C$148.13M	C$3.10	13.12

Is CAS or WPK a better dividend stock?

Cascades pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Winpak pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cascades pays out -63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winpak pays out 3.9% 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. Cascades is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CAS or WPK?

In the previous week, Cascades had 22 more articles in the media than Winpak. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cascades and 1 mentions for Winpak. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Winpak's score of 0.00 indicating that Winpak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cascades	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Winpak	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CAS or WPK?

Cascades has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winpak has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Winpak beats Cascades on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.