ATD vs. CTC.A, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, FTI, and LXR
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), FTI Foodtech International (FTI), and LXRandCo (LXR). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 17.0% 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.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Tire. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 6 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Canadian Tire and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Tire received 446 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus price target of C$86.77, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$144.63, suggesting a potential upside of 6.31%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
34.5% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 1.71%. Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity of 23.19% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.
Summary
Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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