NFI vs. CTC.A, BYD, LNR, BYD.UN, DOO, ATZ, WPK, GC, ITP, and RCH
Should you be buying NFI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NFI Group include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), BRP (DOO), Aritzia (ATZ), Winpak (WPK), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), and Richelieu Hardware (RCH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
NFI Group (TSE:NFI) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
NFI Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NFI Group presently has a consensus price target of C$19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.89%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$144.63, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. Given NFI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NFI Group is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
48.7% of NFI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of NFI Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 6 more articles in the media than NFI Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Canadian Tire and 1 mentions for NFI Group. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat NFI Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Tire has a net margin of 1.71% compared to NFI Group's net margin of -3.45%. Canadian Tire's return on equity of 5.97% beat NFI Group's return on equity.
NFI Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. NFI Group pays out -16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 139.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Canadian Tire received 178 more outperform votes than NFI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 63.55% of users gave NFI Group an outperform vote.
Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than NFI Group. NFI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian Tire beats NFI Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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