ALC vs. WTE, WJX, GDI, HRX, CGY, BDI, DIV, DBM, ISV, and MAL
Should you be buying Algoma Central stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Central include Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Wajax (WJX), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Calian Group (CGY), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Information Services (ISV), and Magellan Aerospace (MAL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Algoma Central (TSE:ALC) and Westshore Terminals Investment (TSE:WTE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Algoma Central pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Westshore Terminals Investment pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Algoma Central pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westshore Terminals Investment pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Westshore Terminals Investment received 152 more outperform votes than Algoma Central when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.62% of users gave Algoma Central an outperform vote while only 53.88% of users gave Westshore Terminals Investment an outperform vote.
Algoma Central currently has a consensus target price of C$19.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.84%. Westshore Terminals Investment has a consensus target price of C$26.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.21%. Given Algoma Central's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Algoma Central is more favorable than Westshore Terminals Investment.
Algoma Central has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westshore Terminals Investment has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Westshore Terminals Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Algoma Central. Algoma Central is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westshore Terminals Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westshore Terminals Investment has a net margin of 26.97% compared to Algoma Central's net margin of 11.86%. Westshore Terminals Investment's return on equity of 13.92% beat Algoma Central's return on equity.
In the previous week, Westshore Terminals Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Algoma Central. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Westshore Terminals Investment and 6 mentions for Algoma Central. Algoma Central's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Westshore Terminals Investment's score of -0.26 indicating that Algoma Central is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.0% of Algoma Central shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 56.1% of Algoma Central shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Westshore Terminals Investment beats Algoma Central on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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