BRP (DOO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CTC.A or DOO?

Canadian Tire presently has a consensus price target of C$147.89, indicating a potential downside of 2.36%. BRP has a consensus price target of C$95.46, indicating a potential upside of 42.80%. Given BRP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BRP 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
BRP	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is CTC.A or DOO a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. BRP pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. BRP pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer CTC.A or DOO?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 3 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Tire and 0 mentions for BRP. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat BRP's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Tire	Neutral
BRP	Neutral

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

34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of BRP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of BRP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CTC.A or DOO?

Canadian Tire has higher revenue and earnings than BRP. BRP 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	22.11
BRP	C$9.03B	0.26	C$250.50M	C$3.30	20.26

Is CTC.A or DOO more profitable?

BRP has a net margin of 2.77% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. BRP's return on equity of 37.60% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%
BRP	2.77%	37.60%	8.04%

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

Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRP has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTC.A or DOO?

BRP received 118 more outperform votes than Canadian Tire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.39% of users gave BRP an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 513 64.69%	Underperform Votes 280 35.31%
BRP	Outperform Votes 631 76.39%	Underperform Votes 195 23.61%

Summary

BRP beats Canadian Tire on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.