PBL vs. MRE, ZZZ, CAS, CCL.A, CTC, TCL.A, TOY, GOOS, MTY, and PLC
Should you be buying Pollard Banknote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pollard Banknote include Martinrea International (MRE), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Cascades (CAS), CCL Industries (CCL.A), Canadian Tire (CTC), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Spin Master (TOY), Canada Goose (GOOS), MTY Food Group (MTY), and Park Lawn (PLC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) and Pollard Banknote (TSE:PBL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Martinrea International presently has a consensus price target of C$18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 46.00%. Pollard Banknote has a consensus price target of C$41.38, suggesting a potential upside of 27.70%. Given Pollard Banknote's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than Pollard Banknote.
16.7% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of Pollard Banknote shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Martinrea International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of Pollard Banknote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Martinrea International has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollard Banknote has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pollard Banknote had 10 more articles in the media than Martinrea International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pollard Banknote and 2 mentions for Martinrea International. Pollard Banknote's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Martinrea International's score of -0.03 indicating that Martinrea International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pollard Banknote has a net margin of 6.04% compared to Pollard Banknote's net margin of 2.78%. Martinrea International's return on equity of 11.93% beat Pollard Banknote's return on equity.
Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Pollard Banknote. Martinrea International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pollard Banknote, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martinrea International received 212 more outperform votes than Pollard Banknote when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.00% of users gave Pollard Banknote an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote.
Martinrea International pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Pollard Banknote pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Martinrea International pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pollard Banknote pays out 17.4% 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. Martinrea International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Martinrea International beats Pollard Banknote on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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