BYD vs. CTC.A, LNR, GIL, ATZ, DOO, WPK, RCH, NFI, LNF, and CCL.B
Should you be buying Boyd Group Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boyd Group Services include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Linamar (LNR), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Aritzia (ATZ), BRP (DOO), Winpak (WPK), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), NFI Group (NFI), Leon's Furniture (LNF), and CCL Industries (CCL.B). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Boyd Group Services has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 1.71%. Boyd Group Services' return on equity of 11.00% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.
Boyd Group Services currently has a consensus price target of C$301.85, suggesting a potential upside of 28.99%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$144.63, suggesting a potential upside of 0.32%. Given Boyd Group Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boyd Group Services is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
Canadian Tire received 400 more outperform votes than Boyd Group Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Boyd Group Services an outperform vote.
52.3% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Boyd Group Services. Canadian Tire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Boyd Group Services pays out 10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 139.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Boyd Group Services had 54 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Boyd Group Services and 2 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Boyd Group Services' score of -0.05 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boyd Group Services has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% 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.
Summary
Boyd Group Services beats Canadian Tire on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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