BMTC Group (GBT) Competitors

Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) and BMTC Group (TSE:GBT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is LNF or GBT more profitable?

BMTC Group has a net margin of 7.51% compared to Leon's Furniture's net margin of 5.24%. Leon's Furniture's return on equity of 12.54% beat BMTC Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leon's Furniture	5.24%	12.54%	5.53%
BMTC Group	7.51%	9.06%	-0.11%

Does the media refer more to LNF or GBT?

In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 2 more articles in the media than BMTC Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 1 mentions for BMTC Group. Leon's Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat BMTC Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Leon's Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Leon's Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BMTC Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LNF or GBT a better dividend stock?

Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BMTC Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Leon's Furniture pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BMTC Group pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts recommend LNF or GBT?

Leon's Furniture presently has a consensus target price of C$29.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.98%. Given Leon's Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than BMTC Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
BMTC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LNF or GBT?

Leon's Furniture received 14 more outperform votes than BMTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave BMTC Group an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Leon's Furniture	Outperform Votes 98 59.39%	Underperform Votes 67 40.61%
BMTC Group	Outperform Votes 84 61.31%	Underperform Votes 53 38.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, LNF or GBT?

Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BMTC Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LNF or GBT?

5.7% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of BMTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 66.9% of BMTC Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LNF or GBT?

Leon's Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than BMTC Group. BMTC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leon's Furniture, 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
Leon's Furniture	C$2.54B	0.61	C$133.45M	C$1.92	11.82
BMTC Group	C$579.51M	0.65	C$43.50M	C$1.34	8.70

Summary

Leon's Furniture beats BMTC Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.