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 risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SXP or RPI.UN?

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

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 4.0%. Richards Packaging Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Supremex pays out 36.4% 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.

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 3.93%. 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	3.93%	8.31%	4.61%
Richards Packaging Income Fund	9.26%	21.32%	10.78%

Does the media prefer SXP or RPI.UN?

In the previous week, Supremex had 1 more articles in the media than Richards Packaging Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Supremex and 0 mentions for Richards Packaging Income Fund. Supremex's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Richards Packaging Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Supremex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Supremex	Positive
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Neutral

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SXP or RPI.UN?

Supremex received 59 more outperform votes than Richards Packaging Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.53% of users gave Supremex an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Richards Packaging Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Supremex	Outperform Votes 135 68.53%	Underperform Votes 62 31.47%
Richards Packaging Income Fund	Outperform Votes 76 63.33%	Underperform Votes 44 36.67%

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

Richards Packaging Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Supremex. Richards Packaging Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Supremex, 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$284.70M	0.35	C$11.20M	C$0.44	9.20
Richards Packaging Income Fund	C$415.52M	0.76	C$38.48M	C$3.27	8.85

Summary

Richards Packaging Income Fund beats Supremex on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.