WTE vs. ALC, BDGI, SIS, MDA, BLDP, MTL, BDT, ARE, BBU.UN, and AFN
Should you be buying Westshore Terminals Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westshore Terminals Investment include Algoma Central (ALC), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Savaria (SIS), MDA (MDA), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Mullen Group (MTL), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), and Ag Growth International (AFN). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
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.
Algoma Central presently has a consensus price target of C$19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. Westshore Terminals Investment has a consensus price target of C$26.13, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Westshore Terminals Investment's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Algoma Central is more favorable than Westshore Terminals Investment.
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 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Algoma Central has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westshore Terminals Investment has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 53.76% of users gave Westshore Terminals Investment an outperform vote.
17.0% of Algoma Central shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.0% of Algoma Central shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.7% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Westshore Terminals Investment had 3 more articles in the media than Algoma Central. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Westshore Terminals Investment and 0 mentions for Algoma Central. Westshore Terminals Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Algoma Central's score of -0.53 indicating that Algoma Central is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westshore Terminals Investment has a net margin of 26.97% compared to Westshore Terminals Investment's net margin of 11.86%. Algoma Central's return on equity of 13.92% beat Westshore Terminals Investment's return on equity.
Summary
Westshore Terminals Investment beats Algoma Central on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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