Linamar (LNR) Competitors

Linamar (TSE:LNR) and Uni-Select (TSE:UNS) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LNR or UNS?

20.1% of Linamar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Uni-Select shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of Linamar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Uni-Select shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LNR or UNS?

Linamar has higher revenue and earnings than Uni-Select. Uni-Select is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linamar, 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
Linamar	C$10.46B	0.34	C$603.68M	C$9.80	5.85
Uni-Select	C$1.77B	0.00	C$74.01M	C$1.97	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, LNR or UNS?

Linamar has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uni-Select has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LNR or UNS?

Uni-Select received 127 more outperform votes than Linamar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Uni-Select an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave Linamar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Linamar	Outperform Votes 406 62.95%	Underperform Votes 239 37.05%
Uni-Select	Outperform Votes 533 73.31%	Underperform Votes 194 26.69%

Do analysts rate LNR or UNS?

Linamar currently has a consensus price target of C$74.80, indicating a potential upside of 30.47%. Given Linamar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Linamar is more favorable than Uni-Select.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Linamar	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Uni-Select	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LNR or UNS more profitable?

Linamar has a net margin of 5.77% compared to Uni-Select's net margin of 4.18%. Uni-Select's return on equity of 13.61% beat Linamar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Linamar	5.77%	11.31%	5.47%
Uni-Select	4.18%	13.61%	5.13%

Does the media refer more to LNR or UNS?

In the previous week, Linamar had 5 more articles in the media than Uni-Select. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Linamar and 0 mentions for Uni-Select. Linamar's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Uni-Select's score of 0.00 indicating that Linamar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Linamar	Positive
Uni-Select	Neutral

Summary

Linamar beats Uni-Select on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.