PRMW vs. MRU, SAP, EMP.A, PBH, MFI, NWC, JWEL, SOY, RSI, and VFF
Should you be buying Primo Water stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primo Water include Metro (MRU), Saputo (SAP), Empire (EMP.A), Premium Brands (PBH), Maple Leaf Foods (MFI), North West (NWC), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), SunOpta (SOY), Rogers Sugar (RSI), and Village Farms International (VFF). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Metro (TSE:MRU) and Primo Water (TSE:PRMW) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Metro has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primo Water has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.1% of Metro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Primo Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Metro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Primo Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Primo Water has a net margin of 14.20% compared to Primo Water's net margin of 4.64%. Primo Water's return on equity of 14.55% beat Metro's return on equity.
Metro received 442 more outperform votes than Primo Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Primo Water an outperform vote while only 55.72% of users gave Metro an outperform vote.
Metro has higher revenue and earnings than Primo Water. Metro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primo Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Metro and Metro both had 1 articles in the media. Metro's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Primo Water's score of -0.02 indicating that Primo Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Metro pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Primo Water pays an annual dividend of C$0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Metro pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primo Water pays out 72.1% 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. Metro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Metro presently has a consensus target price of C$77.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Primo Water's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Metro is more favorable than Primo Water.
Summary
Metro beats Primo Water on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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