ATD vs. QSR, MG, CTC.A, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, IDG, CCL.B, and GIL
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Magna International (MG), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), CCL Industries (CCL.B), and Gildan Activewear (GIL). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restaurant Brands International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 4.34%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 38.19% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Restaurant Brands International received 162 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave Restaurant Brands International an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Restaurant Brands International had 8 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Restaurant Brands International and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Restaurant Brands International's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's score of 0.00 indicating that Restaurant Brands International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 61.4% 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.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus price target of C$86.77, indicating a potential upside of 15.71%. Restaurant Brands International has a consensus price target of C$90.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.24%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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