CJR.B vs. RAY.A, SRV.UN, SXP, ROOT, PNC.A, PNC.B, TRZ, WPRT, IDG, and ICE
Should you be buying Corus Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corus Entertainment include Stingray Group (RAY.A), SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN), Supremex (SXP), Roots (ROOT), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Transat A.T. (TRZ), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), and Canlan Ice Sports (ICE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Corus Entertainment (TSE:CJR.B) and Stingray Group (TSE:RAY.A) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Stingray Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Corus Entertainment. Corus Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stingray Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Corus Entertainment pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.5%. Stingray Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Corus Entertainment pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stingray Group pays out 56.6% 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. Corus Entertainment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Corus Entertainment and Corus Entertainment both had 1 articles in the media. Corus Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Stingray Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Corus Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.7% of Corus Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Stingray Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Corus Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Stingray Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Corus Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of C$0.94, indicating a potential upside of 83.82%. Stingray Group has a consensus price target of C$9.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Corus Entertainment's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Corus Entertainment is more favorable than Stingray Group.
Corus Entertainment received 166 more outperform votes than Stingray Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.97% of users gave Stingray Group an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Corus Entertainment an outperform vote.
Corus Entertainment has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stingray Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stingray Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to Corus Entertainment's net margin of -29.48%. Stingray Group's return on equity of 12.40% beat Corus Entertainment's return on equity.
Summary
Stingray Group beats Corus Entertainment on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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