SXP vs. RPI.UN, CJR.B, ROOT, SRV.UN, IDG, WPRT, PNC.A, PNC.B, TVA.B, and TRZ
Should you be buying Supremex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Supremex include Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Corus Entertainment (CJR.B), Roots (ROOT), SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), TVA Group (TVA.B), and Transat A.T. (TRZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) and Supremex (TSE:SXP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Supremex had 7 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Supremex and 0 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Supremex's score of 0.00 indicating that Supremex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Supremex received 59 more outperform votes than Richards Packaging Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.53% of users gave Supremex an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Richards Packaging Income Fund an outperform vote.
Supremex has a consensus target price of C$5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.55%. Given Richards Packaging Income Fund's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Supremex is more favorable than Richards Packaging Income Fund.
32.2% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Supremex shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.4% of Supremex shares are held by 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.
Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Supremex pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Supremex pays out 23.9% 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.
Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Supremex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Richards Packaging Income Fund's net margin of 5.74%. Supremex's return on equity of 22.77% beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity.
Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Supremex. Supremex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richards Packaging Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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