Supremex (SXP) Competitors

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

Is SXP or RPI.UN a better dividend stock?

Supremex pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Supremex pays out -23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays out 40.4% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SXP or RPI.UN?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Supremex. Supremex 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
Supremex	C$286.06M	0.36	-C$16.94M	-C$0.68	-6.15
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$415.52M	0.86	C$38.48M	C$3.27	10.02

Is SXP or RPI.UN more profitable?

Richards Packaging Income Fund has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Supremex's net margin of -5.92%. Richards Packaging Income Fund's return on equity of 21.32% beat Supremex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Supremex	-5.92%	-13.05%	4.61%
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%

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

Supremex has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richards Packaging Income Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SXP or RPI.UN?

In the previous week, Richards Packaging Income Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Supremex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund and 1 mentions for Supremex. Richards Packaging Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Supremex's score of 0.00 indicating that Richards Packaging Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Supremex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Richards Packaging Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

3.1% of Supremex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 38.6% of Supremex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Richards Packaging Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.