ZZZ vs. GBT, CLIQ, CCL.A, ABCT, NFI, PLC, TCL.A, IPLP, AW.UN, and RPI.UN
Should you be buying Sleep Country Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sleep Country Canada include BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), CCL Industries (CCL.A), ABC Technologies (ABCT), NFI Group (NFI), Park Lawn (PLC), Transcontinental (TCL.A), IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP), A and W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (AW.UN), and Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Sleep Country Canada vs.
BMTC Group (TSE:GBT) and Sleep Country Canada (TSE:ZZZ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Sleep Country Canada had 2 more articles in the media than BMTC Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sleep Country Canada and 0 mentions for BMTC Group. Sleep Country Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat BMTC Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Sleep Country Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sleep Country Canada has a consensus price target of C$32.29, indicating a potential upside of 40.49%. Given Sleep Country Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sleep Country Canada is more favorable than BMTC Group.
Sleep Country Canada has a net margin of 11.92% compared to BMTC Group's net margin of 6.71%. Sleep Country Canada's return on equity of 26.67% beat BMTC Group's return on equity.
20.3% of BMTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Sleep Country Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 65.6% of BMTC Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Sleep Country Canada 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.
Sleep Country Canada received 412 more outperform votes than BMTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.59% of users gave Sleep Country Canada an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave BMTC Group an outperform vote.
Sleep Country Canada has higher revenue and earnings than BMTC Group. Sleep Country Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BMTC Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BMTC Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sleep Country Canada has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BMTC Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Sleep Country Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BMTC Group pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sleep Country Canada pays out 28.2% 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.
Summary
Sleep Country Canada beats BMTC Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ZZZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Sleep Country Canada Competitors List
