Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN) Competitors

Richards Packaging Income Fund (TSE:RPI.UN) and Cascades (TSE:CAS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is RPI.UN or CAS more profitable?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Cascades' net margin of -1.62%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.32% beat Cascades' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%
Cascades	-1.62%	-4.35%	2.49%

Which has more risk & volatility, RPI.UN or CAS?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cascades has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RPI.UN or CAS?

33.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Cascades shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Cascades shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RPI.UN or CAS a better dividend stock?

Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Cascades pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cascades pays out -64.7% 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. Cascades is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor RPI.UN or CAS?

In the previous week, Cascades had 13 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cascades and 1 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Cascades' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Cascades is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cascades	0 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend RPI.UN or CAS?

Cascades has a consensus target price of C$13.30, suggesting a potential upside of 45.36%. Given Cascades' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cascades is more favorable than Richards Packaging Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Richards Packaging Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cascades	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RPI.UN or CAS?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cascades. Cascades is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richards Packaging Income Fund, 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
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$415.52M	0.69	C$38.48M	C$3.27	8.06
Cascades	C$4.64B	0.20	-C$75.12M	-C$0.74	-12.34

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RPI.UN or CAS?

Cascades received 365 more outperform votes than Richards Packaging Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave Cascades an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Richards Packaging Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Outperform Votes 76 63.33%	Underperform Votes 44 36.67%
Cascades	Outperform Votes 441 63.54%	Underperform Votes 253 36.46%

Summary

Cascades beats Richards Packaging Income Fund on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.