ATZ vs. ROOT, CCL.B, GIL, CTC.A, BYD, LNR, BYD.UN, DOO, WPK, and GC
Should you be buying Aritzia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aritzia include Roots (ROOT), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Boyd Group Services (BYD), Linamar (LNR), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), BRP (DOO), Winpak (WPK), and Great Canadian Gaming (GC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Roots (TSE:ROOT) and Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Aritzia received 134 more outperform votes than Roots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote.
Aritzia has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Aritzia's net margin of 0.70%. Roots' return on equity of 10.55% beat Aritzia's return on equity.
In the previous week, Aritzia had 10 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Aritzia and 0 mentions for Roots. Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Aritzia's score of 0.00 indicating that Aritzia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Roots has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aritzia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aritzia has higher revenue and earnings than Roots. Aritzia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.1% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Aritzia shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Aritzia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Roots presently has a consensus price target of C$3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Aritzia has a consensus price target of C$41.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.36%. Given Aritzia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Roots is more favorable than Aritzia.
Summary
Aritzia beats Roots on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Aritzia News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ATZ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ATZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
