MRE vs. UNS, ABCT, XTC, WPRT, SSA, MG, LNR, ATZ, DOO, and WPK
Should you be buying Martinrea International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martinrea International include Uni-Select (UNS), ABC Technologies (ABCT), Exco Technologies (XTC), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Spectra Products (SSA), Magna International (MG), Linamar (LNR), Aritzia (ATZ), BRP (DOO), and Winpak (WPK). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Martinrea International (TSE:MRE) and Uni-Select (TSE:UNS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
16.7% of Martinrea International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Uni-Select shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Martinrea International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Uni-Select shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Martinrea International had 4 more articles in the media than Uni-Select. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Martinrea International and 0 mentions for Uni-Select. Martinrea International's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Uni-Select's score of 0.00 indicating that Martinrea International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Uni-Select. Martinrea International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uni-Select, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martinrea International has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uni-Select has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Uni-Select has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 2.78%. Uni-Select's return on equity of 13.61% beat Martinrea International's return on equity.
Uni-Select received 199 more outperform votes than Martinrea International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Uni-Select an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote.
Martinrea International currently has a consensus price target of C$18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 51.83%. Given Martinrea International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than Uni-Select.
Summary
Uni-Select beats Martinrea International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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