AC vs. EIF, FTT, CAE, EFN, BBD.B, ATS, TIH, SES, RUS, and CJT
Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include Exchange Income (EIF), Finning International (FTT), CAE (CAE), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), ATS (ATS), Toromont Industries (TIH), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), and Cargojet (CJT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$30.12, indicating a potential upside of 62.96%. Exchange Income has a consensus target price of C$63.94, indicating a potential upside of 37.69%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Exchange Income. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exchange Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 32 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Exchange Income. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Exchange Income's score of -0.74 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Air Canada pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 99.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
13.7% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are held 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.
Air Canada received 417 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.86% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
Air Canada has a net margin of 10.42% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.90%. Exchange Income's return on equity of 10.80% beat Air Canada's return on equity.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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