L vs. ATD.B, ATD.A, WN, MRU, EMP.A, NWC, DOL, SAP, PRMW, and PBH
Should you be buying Loblaw Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loblaw Companies include Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), George Weston (WN), Metro (MRU), Empire (EMP.A), North West (NWC), Dollarama (DOL), Saputo (SAP), Primo Water (PRMW), and Premium Brands (PBH). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD.B) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
22.0% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of Loblaw Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Loblaw Companies received 129 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.01% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Loblaw Companies an outperform vote.
Loblaw Companies has a net margin of 3.53% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 0.00%. Loblaw Companies' return on equity of 18.96% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
In the previous week, Loblaw Companies had 10 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Loblaw Companies and 0 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Loblaw Companies' score of -0.03 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Loblaw Companies pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Loblaw Companies pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 8.9% 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.
Loblaw Companies currently has a consensus target price of C$162.43, suggesting a potential upside of 4.13%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus target price of C$81.67, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Loblaw Companies.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loblaw Companies. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loblaw Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Loblaw Companies beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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