Analyzing Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTC) & Its Rivals

Jewett-Cameron Trading (NASDAQ:JCTC) is one of 93 public companies in the “Building Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Jewett-Cameron Trading to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

26.0% of Jewett-Cameron Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Jewett-Cameron Trading shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Jewett-Cameron Trading has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jewett-Cameron Trading’s peers have a beta of 1.05, suggesting that their average stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Jewett-Cameron Trading and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jewett-Cameron Trading	1	0	0	0	1.00
Jewett-Cameron Trading Competitors	704	3814	4928	228	2.48

As a group, “Building Products” companies have a potential upside of 29.21%. Given Jewett-Cameron Trading’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jewett-Cameron Trading has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Jewett-Cameron Trading and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jewett-Cameron Trading	-20.94%	-38.35%	-29.29%
Jewett-Cameron Trading Competitors	3.53%	40.41%	5.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Jewett-Cameron Trading and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jewett-Cameron Trading	$39.41 million	-$4.13 million	-1.27
Jewett-Cameron Trading Competitors	$3.99 billion	$4.66 billion	40.34

Jewett-Cameron Trading’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Jewett-Cameron Trading. Jewett-Cameron Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Jewett-Cameron Trading peers beat Jewett-Cameron Trading on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About Jewett-Cameron Trading

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd. is a supplier of `Value-added` building materials to major home improvement center chains in the western United States. The Company concentrates on the residential repair and remodeling segment of the building materials industry.