EIF vs. AC, BBU.UN, CJT, RUS, MDA, BDGI, WTE, MTL, SIS, and SES
Should you be buying Exchange Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exchange Income include Air Canada (AC), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), Cargojet (CJT), Russel Metals (RUS), MDA (MDA), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Mullen Group (MTL), Savaria (SIS), and Secure Energy Services (SES). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Exchange Income has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 8 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Exchange Income. Exchange Income's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Air Canada's score of -0.11 indicating that Exchange Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exchange Income presently has a consensus target price of C$63.94, indicating a potential upside of 36.28%. Air Canada has a consensus target price of C$30.35, indicating a potential upside of 51.58%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
Air Canada received 414 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% 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.
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.
12.0% of Exchange Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Exchange Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Air Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. Air Canada pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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