Martinrea International (MRE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, UNS or MRE?

Uni-Select has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martinrea International has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, UNS or MRE?

Martinrea International has higher revenue and earnings than Uni-Select. Uni-Select is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martinrea International, 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
Uni-Select	C$1.77B	0.00	C$74.01M	C$1.97	N/A
Martinrea International	C$5.30B	0.13	C$140.22M	C$1.81	5.08

Do analysts rate UNS or MRE?

Martinrea International has a consensus price target of C$13.45, suggesting a potential upside of 46.20%. Given Martinrea International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Martinrea International is more favorable than Uni-Select.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uni-Select	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Martinrea International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UNS or MRE?

Uni-Select received 196 more outperform votes than Martinrea International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Uni-Select an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Martinrea International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Uni-Select	Outperform Votes 533 73.31%	Underperform Votes 194 26.69%
Martinrea International	Outperform Votes 337 54.01%	Underperform Votes 287 45.99%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UNS or MRE?

50.2% of Uni-Select shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Martinrea International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Uni-Select shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Martinrea International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UNS or MRE more profitable?

Uni-Select has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Martinrea International's net margin of 2.65%. Uni-Select's return on equity of 13.61% beat Martinrea International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uni-Select	4.18%	13.61%	5.13%
Martinrea International	2.65%	9.43%	4.49%

Does the media prefer UNS or MRE?

In the previous week, Martinrea International had 2 more articles in the media than Uni-Select. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Martinrea International and 0 mentions for Uni-Select. Uni-Select's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Martinrea International's score of -0.21 indicating that Uni-Select is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Uni-Select	Neutral
Martinrea International	Neutral

Summary

Uni-Select beats Martinrea International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.