Air Canada (AC) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (TSE:BAM) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer BAM or AC?

Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$25.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Air Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAM or AC?

Air Canada received 736 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.37% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 71.77% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 248 73.37%	Underperform Votes 90 26.63%
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 984 71.77%	Underperform Votes 387 28.23%

Is BAM or AC more profitable?

Air Canada has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Brookfield Asset Management's net margin of 0.00%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	N/A	16.13%	0.88%
Air Canada	7.92%	603.77%	4.12%

Does the media favor BAM or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Air Canada's score of 0.39 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Air Canada	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BAM or AC?

74.8% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BAM or AC a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 136.7% 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 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BAM or AC?

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	C$3.89B	8.28	C$443M	C$1.50	51.27
Air Canada	C$22.26B	0.37	C$1.76B	C$4.48	5.18

Summary

Air Canada beats Brookfield Asset Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.