Canadian Tire (CTC) Competitors

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

Is CTC or PET a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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. Pet Valu pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CTC or PET?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. Pet Valu 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	0.05	C$381.70M	C$6.85	32.45
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	1.78	C$82.10M	C$1.14	23.54

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTC or PET?

Canadian Tire received 206 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.70% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 209 77.70%	Underperform Votes 60 22.30%
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CTC or PET?

12.3% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Pet Valu shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CTC or PET?

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

Is CTC or PET 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
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%
Pet Valu	7.64%	128.24%	11.38%

Do analysts recommend CTC or PET?

Pet Valu has a consensus price target of C$31.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.41%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pet Valu is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media refer more to CTC or PET?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 2 more articles in the media than Pet Valu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Tire and 0 mentions for Pet Valu. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pet Valu'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Tire	Neutral
Pet Valu	Neutral

Summary

Canadian Tire and Pet Valu tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.