Saputo (SAP) Competitors

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) and Saputo (TSE:SAP) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VDY or SAP?

24.8% of Saputo shares are held by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is VDY or SAP a better dividend stock?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Saputo pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Saputo pays out -203.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VDY or SAP?

Saputo received 439 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Saputo	Outperform Votes 450 61.81%	Underperform Votes 278 38.19%

Does the media favor VDY or SAP?

In the previous week, Saputo had 1 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Saputo and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Saputo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Neutral
Saputo	Neutral

Do analysts rate VDY or SAP?

Saputo has a consensus target price of C$31.29, indicating a potential upside of 24.64%. Given Saputo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Saputo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is VDY or SAP more profitable?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Saputo's net margin of -0.84%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity of 0.00% beat Saputo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saputo	-0.84%	-2.20%	4.11%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VDY or SAP?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Saputo.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Saputo	C$18.74B	0.56	-C$157.06M	-C$0.37	-67.20

Summary

Saputo beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.