Canadian Tire (CTC.A) Competitors

Pet Valu (TSE:PET) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PET or CTC.A?

76.2% of Pet Valu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PET or CTC.A?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. Canadian Tire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pet Valu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	1.78	C$82.10M	C$1.14	23.54
Canadian Tire	C$16.35B	0.48	C$381.70M	C$6.85	22.11

Is PET or CTC.A a better dividend stock?

Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Pet Valu pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 102.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend PET or CTC.A?

Pet Valu presently has a consensus price target of C$31.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.41%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$147.89, indicating a potential downside of 2.36%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pet Valu is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PET or CTC.A?

Canadian Tire received 510 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 513 64.69%	Underperform Votes 280 35.31%

Is PET or CTC.A more profitable?

Pet Valu has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. Pet Valu's return on equity of 128.24% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pet Valu	7.64%	128.24%	11.38%
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%

Which has more volatility & risk, PET or CTC.A?

Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PET or CTC.A?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 3 more articles in the media than Pet Valu. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Tire and 0 mentions for Pet Valu. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Canadian Tire's score of 0.27 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pet Valu	Positive
Canadian Tire	Neutral

Summary

Pet Valu beats Canadian Tire on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.