ACQ vs. EINC, LNF, CARA, NFI, CAS, TCL.A, MTY, ZZZ, TOY, and PLC
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Cara Operations (CARA), NFI Group (NFI), Cascades (CAS), Transcontinental (TCL.A), MTY Food Group (MTY), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Spin Master (TOY), and Park Lawn (PLC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs.
E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
AutoCanada received 395 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.56% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.
0.1% of E Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.2% of E Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AutoCanada has higher revenue and earnings than E Automotive. AutoCanada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AutoCanada has a net margin of -0.59% compared to E Automotive's net margin of -40.97%. AutoCanada's return on equity of -6.62% beat E Automotive's return on equity.
AutoCanada has a consensus price target of C$19.56, indicating a potential downside of 1.48%. Given E Automotive's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe E Automotive is more favorable than AutoCanada.
In the previous week, AutoCanada had 6 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AutoCanada and 0 mentions for E Automotive. E Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AutoCanada's score of -0.41 indicating that E Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACQ) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
