EIF vs. AC, CJT, RUS, BBU.UN, MDA, BDGI, WTE, SES, SIS, and BLDP
Should you be buying Exchange Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exchange Income include Air Canada (AC), Cargojet (CJT), Russel Metals (RUS), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), MDA (MDA), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Secure Energy Services (SES), Savaria (SIS), and Ballard Power Systems (BLDP). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Air Canada has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 4.66%. Air Canada's return on equity of 10.68% beat Exchange Income's return on equity.
Air Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$30.12, indicating a potential upside of 60.62%. Exchange Income has a consensus price target of C$63.94, indicating a potential upside of 32.09%. Given Exchange Income's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
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 5.5%. Air Canada pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 102.3% 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 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.
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.
In the previous week, Exchange Income had 17 more articles in the media than Air Canada. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Exchange Income and 4 mentions for Air Canada. Exchange Income's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Air Canada's score of 0.26 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
13.7% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Exchange Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Air Canada shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% 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.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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