CKI vs. XTC, PZA, BPF.UN, GH, RPI.UN, RAY.A, TCL.B, DII.B, KEG.UN, and TWC
Should you be buying Clarke stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clarke include Exco Technologies (XTC), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Gamehost (GH), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Transcontinental (TCL.B), Dorel Industries (DII.B), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), and TWC Enterprises (TWC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Clarke (TSE:CKI) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
13.2% of Clarke shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.6% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.2% of Clarke shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Exco Technologies received 168 more outperform votes than Clarke when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Clarke an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Clarke and Clarke both had 3 articles in the media. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Clarke's score of 0.16 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clarke pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Clarke pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exco Technologies pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Clarke has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exco Technologies has a consensus price target of C$13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.14%. Given Exco Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Clarke.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Clarke's net margin of 4.20%. Exco Technologies' return on equity of 7.82% beat Clarke's return on equity.
Exco Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Clarke. Exco Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarke, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats Clarke on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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