LNR vs. UNS, MRE, ABCT, XTC, WPRT, SSA, MG, CCL.B, GIL, and CTC.A
Should you be buying Linamar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linamar include Uni-Select (UNS), Martinrea International (MRE), ABC Technologies (ABCT), Exco Technologies (XTC), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Spectra Products (SSA), Magna International (MG), CCL Industries (CCL.B), Gildan Activewear (GIL), and Canadian Tire (CTC.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Uni-Select (TSE:UNS) and Linamar (TSE:LNR) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Linamar has higher revenue and earnings than Uni-Select. Uni-Select is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linamar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Uni-Select has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linamar has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
50.2% of Uni-Select shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Linamar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Uni-Select shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Linamar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Linamar had 2 more articles in the media than Uni-Select. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Linamar and 0 mentions for Uni-Select. Uni-Select's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Linamar's score of 0.00 indicating that Linamar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Linamar has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Linamar's net margin of 4.18%. Linamar's return on equity of 13.61% beat Uni-Select's return on equity.
Linamar has a consensus price target of C$88.60, suggesting a potential upside of 24.77%.
Uni-Select received 129 more outperform votes than Linamar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Uni-Select an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Linamar an outperform vote.
Summary
Linamar beats Uni-Select on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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