WN vs. ATD.B, ATD.A, L, MRU, EMP.A, NWC, DOL, SAP, PRMW, and PBH
Should you be buying George Weston stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of George Weston include Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.A), Loblaw Companies (L), Metro (MRU), Empire (EMP.A), North West (NWC), Dollarama (DOL), Saputo (SAP), Primo Water (PRMW), and Premium Brands (PBH). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
George Weston (TSE:WN) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD.B) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
George Weston has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 0.00%. George Weston's return on equity of 18.50% beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity.
In the previous week, George Weston had 10 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for George Weston and 0 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat George Weston's score of -0.02 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
15.3% of George Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.5% of George Weston shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alimentation Couche-Tard received 173 more outperform votes than George Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.01% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote while only 65.62% of users gave George Weston an outperform vote.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has lower revenue, but higher earnings than George Weston. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than George Weston, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
George Weston presently has a consensus price target of C$216.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus price target of C$81.67, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than George Weston.
George Weston pays an annual dividend of C$3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. George Weston pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 8.9% 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.
Summary
George Weston beats Alimentation Couche-Tard on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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