GBT vs. LNF, ZZZ, CTC, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, FTI, LXR, BKS, and GPC
Should you be buying BMTC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BMTC Group include Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), FTI Foodtech International (FTI), LXRandCo (LXR), Berkley Renewables (BKS), and Genuine Parts (GPC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
BMTC Group (TSE:GBT) and Leon's Furniture (TSE:LNF) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
BMTC Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BMTC Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BMTC Group pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leon's Furniture pays out 34.3% 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.
BMTC Group has a net margin of 8.19% compared to Leon's Furniture's net margin of 5.78%. Leon's Furniture's return on equity of 14.67% beat BMTC Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Leon's Furniture had 1 more articles in the media than BMTC Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Leon's Furniture and 1 mentions for BMTC Group. BMTC Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Leon's Furniture's score of 0.22 indicating that BMTC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Leon's Furniture received 10 more outperform votes than BMTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave BMTC Group an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote.
13.8% of BMTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of BMTC Group 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Leon's Furniture has a consensus price target of C$24.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Leon's Furniture's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leon's Furniture is more favorable than BMTC Group.
Summary
Leon's Furniture beats BMTC Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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