GIL vs. CTC.A, BYD, LNR, CCL.B, DOO, ATZ, WPK, RCH, MG, and QSR
Should you be buying Gildan Activewear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gildan Activewear include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), CCL Industries (CCL.B), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Winpak (WPK), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Magna International (MG), and Restaurant Brands International (QSR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Gildan Activewear (TSE:GIL) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Gildan Activewear has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canadian Tire. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 2 mentions for Canadian Tire. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Canadian Tire's score of 0.12 indicating that Gildan Activewear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 16.14% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 1.71%. Gildan Activewear's return on equity of 26.88% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.
Canadian Tire received 60 more outperform votes than Gildan Activewear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.96% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.
Gildan Activewear presently has a consensus target price of C$47.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Canadian Tire has a consensus target price of C$144.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.32%. Given Canadian Tire's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Tire is more favorable than Gildan Activewear.
Gildan Activewear pays an annual dividend of C$1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Gildan Activewear pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 139.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Gildan Activewear beats Canadian Tire on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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