BRP (DOO) Competitors

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

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DOO or CTC.A?

BRP received 119 more outperform votes than Canadian Tire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.60% of users gave BRP an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRP	Outperform Votes 632 75.60%	Underperform Votes 204 24.40%
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 513 64.69%	Underperform Votes 280 35.31%

Does the media refer more to DOO or CTC.A?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 2 more articles in the media than BRP. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Tire and 1 mentions for BRP. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BRP's score of -0.55 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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

Do analysts recommend DOO or CTC.A?

BRP currently has a consensus target price of C$89.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Canadian Tire has a consensus target price of C$147.89, indicating a potential downside of 8.27%. Given BRP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BRP is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRP	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Canadian Tire	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is DOO or CTC.A a better dividend stock?

BRP pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BRP pays out 25.5% 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.

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

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
BRP	C$9.03B	0.29	C$250.50M	C$3.30	23.25
Canadian Tire	C$16.35B	0.51	C$381.70M	C$6.85	23.54

Is DOO or CTC.A 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
BRP	2.77%	37.60%	8.04%
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%

Summary

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