MRE vs. XTC, ZZZ, CAS, CCL.A, TCL.A, CTC, PBL, TOY, GOOS, and MTY
Should you be buying Martinrea International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martinrea International include Exco Technologies (XTC), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Cascades (CAS), CCL Industries (CCL.A), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Canadian Tire (CTC), Pollard Banknote (PBL), Spin Master (TOY), Canada Goose (GOOS), and MTY Food Group (MTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Martinrea International had 4 more articles in the media than Exco Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Martinrea International and 3 mentions for Exco Technologies. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Martinrea International's score of 0.59 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martinrea International presently has a consensus target price of C$18.33, indicating a potential upside of 53.55%. Exco Technologies has a consensus target price of C$13.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.56%. Given Exco Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exco Technologies is more favorable than Martinrea International.
Martinrea International has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.9% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Exco Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% of Martinrea International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.1% of Exco Technologies 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.
Martinrea International received 104 more outperform votes than Exco Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.23% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Exco Technologies an outperform vote.
Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Exco Technologies. Martinrea International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 2.88%. Martinrea International's return on equity of 10.81% beat Exco Technologies' return on equity.
Martinrea International pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Martinrea International pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies pays out 59.2% 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
Martinrea International beats Exco Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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