AC vs. EIF, BBD.B, FTT, EFN, CAE, ATS, TIH, SES, RUS, and BBU.UN
Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include Exchange Income (EIF), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Finning International (FTT), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), ATS (ATS), Toromont Industries (TIH), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN). 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
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 has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
13.7% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Exchange Income had 9 more articles in the media than Air Canada. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Exchange Income and 4 mentions for Air Canada. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Exchange Income's score of 0.27 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Air Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$30.12, suggesting a potential upside of 60.62%. Exchange Income has a consensus price target of C$63.94, suggesting a potential upside of 32.09%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
Air Canada has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.66%. Exchange Income's return on equity of 10.68% beat Air Canada's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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