NFI vs. BYD, BYD.UN, LNR, WPK, DOO, GC, ITP, RCH, UNS, and PET
Should you be buying NFI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NFI Group include Boyd Group Services (BYD), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), Linamar (LNR), Winpak (WPK), BRP (DOO), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Uni-Select (UNS), and Pet Valu (PET). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
NFI Group vs.
NFI Group (TSE:NFI) and Boyd Group Services (TSE:BYD) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Boyd Group Services had 12 more articles in the media than NFI Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boyd Group Services and 3 mentions for NFI Group. Boyd Group Services' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat NFI Group's score of 0.03 indicating that Boyd Group Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boyd Group Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NFI Group. NFI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Group Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NFI Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Group Services has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Group Services has a net margin of 1.93% compared to NFI Group's net margin of -1.59%. Boyd Group Services' return on equity of 7.21% beat NFI Group's return on equity.
NFI Group presently has a consensus target price of C$22.20, suggesting a potential upside of 84.69%. Boyd Group Services has a consensus target price of C$279.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.37%. Given NFI Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NFI Group is more favorable than Boyd Group Services.
NFI Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Boyd Group Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. NFI Group pays out -47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Group Services pays out 16.0% 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. NFI Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
45.5% of NFI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NFI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Boyd Group Services shares are owned 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.
NFI Group received 219 more outperform votes than Boyd Group Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave NFI Group an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Boyd Group Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Boyd Group Services beats NFI Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NFI) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
