Leon's Furniture (LNF) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LNF or PET?

5.7% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Pet Valu shares are held by institutional investors. 69.5% of Leon's Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pet Valu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LNF or PET?

In the previous week, Pet Valu had 3 more articles in the media than Leon's Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pet Valu and 8 mentions for Leon's Furniture. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Leon's Furniture's score of -0.12 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Leon's Furniture	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pet Valu	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LNF or PET a better dividend stock?

Leon's Furniture pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Leon's Furniture pays out 37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pet Valu pays out 38.6% 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. Leon's Furniture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LNF or PET?

Leon's Furniture received 92 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.38% of users gave Leon's Furniture an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Leon's Furniture	Outperform Votes 95 59.38%	Underperform Votes 65 40.63%
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%

Is LNF or PET more profitable?

Pet Valu has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Leon's Furniture's net margin of 5.84%. Pet Valu's return on equity of 128.24% beat Leon's Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leon's Furniture	5.84%	14.68%	5.53%
Pet Valu	7.64%	128.24%	11.38%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LNF or PET?

Leon's Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. Leon's Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pet Valu, 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$2.53B	0.73	C$147.50M	C$2.14	12.58
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	1.73	C$82.10M	C$1.14	22.89

Do analysts rate LNF or PET?

Leon's Furniture presently has a consensus price target of C$29.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Pet Valu has a consensus price target of C$31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pet Valu is more favorable than Leon's Furniture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leon's Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has more volatility and risk, LNF or PET?

Leon's Furniture has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pet Valu beats Leon's Furniture on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.