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Loblaw Companies (L) Competitors

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C$190.62 -0.56 (-0.29%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

L vs. MFC, SLF, GWO, PRU, CIA, ALS, STC, CNC, PIH, and ROOT

Should you be buying Loblaw Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loblaw Companies include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Perseus Mining (PRU), Champion Iron (CIA), Altius Minerals (ALS), Sangoma Technologies (STC), Canada Nickel (CNC), 8002 (PIH.TO) (PIH), and Roots (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Loblaw Companies vs.

Manulife Financial (TSE:MFC) and Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

60.2% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Loblaw Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Loblaw Companies received 74 more outperform votes than Manulife Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.63% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
569
66.09%
Underperform Votes
292
33.91%
Loblaw CompaniesOutperform Votes
643
66.63%
Underperform Votes
322
33.37%

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Loblaw Companies' net margin of 3.46%. Loblaw Companies' return on equity of 19.22% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial17.34% 10.41% 0.55%
Loblaw Companies 3.46%19.22%5.89%

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loblaw Companies has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Loblaw Companies had 4 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Loblaw Companies and 2 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Loblaw Companies' score of 0.20 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Loblaw Companies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of C$1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loblaw Companies pays out 31.1% 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.

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus price target of C$43.45, indicating a potential downside of 0.17%. Loblaw Companies has a consensus price target of C$197.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Loblaw Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Loblaw Companies is more favorable than Manulife Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Loblaw Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Manulife Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Loblaw Companies. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loblaw Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife FinancialC$28.48B2.71C$4.24BC$2.3518.52
Loblaw CompaniesC$60.32B0.97C$2.08BC$6.6028.88

Summary

Loblaw Companies beats Manulife Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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L vs. The Competition

MetricLoblaw CompaniesGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$58.21BC$12.31BC$5.74BC$5.82B
Dividend Yield1.16%2.61%3.16%5.78%
P/E Ratio28.88171.13209.4426.08
Price / Sales0.9713.36225.891,299.55
Price / Cash23.1864.23139.2779.99
Price / Book5.282.932.983.06
Net IncomeC$2.08BC$583.29MC$159.82MC$291.80M
7 Day Performance-1.73%-0.80%-1.90%-2.47%
1 Month Performance7.01%1.15%-0.65%-0.74%
1 Year Performance52.29%8.45%61.39%33.90%

Loblaw Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
L
Loblaw Companies
1.3464 of 5 stars
C$190.62
-0.3%
C$197.00
+3.3%
+53.8%C$58.21BC$60.32B28.8812,000Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
MFC
Manulife Financial
2.1677 of 5 stars
C$44.10
+0.1%
C$43.45
-1.5%
+50.6%C$78.06BC$28.48B18.7540,000News Coverage
Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
1.339 of 5 stars
C$85.20
-0.5%
C$84.18
-1.2%
+25.7%C$49.12BC$31.95B16.2129,200
GWO
Great-West Lifeco
1.18 of 5 stars
C$46.71
-0.1%
C$47.63
+2.0%
+10.1%C$43.54BC$33.04B11.7533,500
PRU
Perseus Mining
0.5489 of 5 stars
C$2.38
-2.9%
C$2.70
+13.4%
+42.8%C$3.28BC$1.03B7.6639,900News Coverage
CIA
Champion Iron
3.2617 of 5 stars
C$5.24
-1.1%
C$8.10
+54.6%
-25.5%C$2.71BC$1.69B9.18220Analyst Revision
ALS
Altius Minerals
0.3742 of 5 stars
C$25.49
+0.4%
C$28.21
+10.7%
+40.4%C$1.18BC$62.38M81.8719
STC
Sangoma Technologies
0.2516 of 5 stars
C$9.40
+0.6%
C$10.83
+15.2%
+150.6%C$315.28MC$247.28M-25.941,342News Coverage
Gap Down
CNC
Canada Nickel
N/AC$0.96
+1.6%
N/A-11.5%C$173.06MN/A-15.8374,300
PIH
8002 (PIH.TO)
N/AC$18.49
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$127.03MN/A0.009
ROOT
Roots
1.824 of 5 stars
C$2.19
-0.9%
C$3.25
+48.4%
-9.5%C$88.15MC$256.98M221.00760

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This page (TSE:L) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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