XTC vs. MRE, BOS, KPT, UNS, BUS, EGT, IGP, GB, PTE, and INQ
Should you be buying Exco Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exco Technologies include Martinrea International (MRE), AirBoss of America (BOS), KP Tissue (KPT), Uni-Select (UNS), Grande West Transportation Group (BUS), Eguana Technologies (EGT), Imperial Ginseng Products (IGP), Ginger Beef (GB), Pioneering Technology (PTE), and Inscape (INQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" sector.
Exco Technologies vs.
Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Martinrea International pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Martinrea International pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies pays out 73.7% 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.
16.1% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Martinrea International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.6% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Martinrea International presently has a consensus price target of C$18.57, suggesting a potential upside of 63.05%. Exco Technologies has a consensus price target of C$9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 19.88%. Given Martinrea International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than Exco Technologies.
Martinrea International has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 3.89% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 3.18%. Martinrea International's return on equity of 12.00% beat Exco Technologies' return on equity.
Martinrea International received 97 more outperform votes than Exco Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.06% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote while only 53.88% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Exco Technologies. Martinrea International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Exco Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Martinrea International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Exco Technologies and 0 mentions for Martinrea International. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Martinrea International's score of 0.00 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Martinrea International beats Exco Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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