Canadian Tire (CTC.A) Competitors

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

Is CTC.A or LNF a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. Leon's Furniture pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CTC.A or LNF?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Leon's Furniture. Leon's Furniture 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	0.49	C$381.70M	C$6.85	22.42
Leon's Furniture	C$2.53B	0.71	C$147.50M	C$2.14	12.26

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CTC.A or LNF?

34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CTC.A or LNF more profitable?

Leon's Furniture has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. Leon's Furniture's return on equity of 14.68% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%
Leon's Furniture	5.84%	14.68%	5.53%

Does the media prefer CTC.A or LNF?

In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 5 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Leon's Furniture's score of 0.14 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer CTC.A or LNF?

Canadian Tire presently has a consensus price target of C$147.89, indicating a potential downside of 3.71%. Leon's Furniture has a consensus price target of C$29.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTC.A or LNF?

Canadian Tire received 418 more outperform votes than Leon's Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 513 64.69%	Underperform Votes 280 35.31%
Leon's Furniture	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%

Summary

Canadian Tire beats Leon's Furniture on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.