CCL.B vs. GIL, CTC.A, BYD, MG, LNR, DOO, ATZ, QSR, WPK, and CAS
Should you be buying CCL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CCL Industries include Gildan Activewear (GIL), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Magna International (MG), Linamar (LNR), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Winpak (WPK), and Cascades (CAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) and CCL Industries (TSE:CCL.B) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CCL Industries. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus target price of C$47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. CCL Industries has a consensus target price of C$78.90, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Gildan Activewear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CCL Industries is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 13 more articles in the media than CCL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 2 mentions for CCL Industries. CCL Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Gildan Activewear's score of -0.49 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CCL Industries pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Gildan Activewear pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CCL Industries pays out 39.3% 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. Gildan Activewear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCL Industries has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear received 35 more outperform votes than CCL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 73.89% of users gave CCL Industries an outperform vote.
89.9% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of CCL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of CCL Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Gildan Activewear's net margin of 7.97%. CCL Industries' return on equity of 27.79% beat Gildan Activewear's return on equity.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats CCL Industries on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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