Canadian Tire (CTC.A) Competitors

Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, CTC.A or CTC?

Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CTC.A or CTC?

Canadian Tire currently has a consensus target price of C$152.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.00%. Canadian Tire has a consensus target price of C$140.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.86%. Given Canadian Tire's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Tire is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Canadian Tire	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is CTC.A or CTC a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. Canadian Tire pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CTC.A or CTC?

34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 81.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CTC.A or CTC?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canadian Tire and 3 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Canadian Tire's score of -0.09 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Tire	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Tire	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CTC.A or CTC?

Canadian Tire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, 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
Canadian Tire	C$16.35B	0.48	C$381.70M	C$6.85	21.81
Canadian Tire	C$11.21B	0.71	C$446.23M	C$17.42	11.97

Is CTC.A or CTC more profitable?

Canadian Tire has a net margin of 3.98% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. Canadian Tire's return on equity of 11.54% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%
Canadian Tire	3.98%	11.54%	3.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTC.A or CTC?

Canadian Tire received 306 more outperform votes than Canadian Tire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.21% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 516 64.26%	Underperform Votes 287 35.74%
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 210 77.21%	Underperform Votes 62 22.79%

Summary

Canadian Tire beats Canadian Tire on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.