AutoCanada (ACQ) Competitors

E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer EINC or ACQ?

In the previous week, AutoCanada had 20 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for AutoCanada and 1 mentions for E Automotive. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
E Automotive	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AutoCanada	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada received 395 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.62% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
E Automotive	Outperform Votes 13 43.33%	Underperform Votes 17 56.67%
AutoCanada	Outperform Votes 408 50.62%	Underperform Votes 398 49.38%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EINC or ACQ?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EINC or ACQ more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E Automotive	-40.97%	-39.39%	-15.46%
AutoCanada	-0.59%	-6.62%	2.67%

Do analysts prefer EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada has a consensus target price of C$19.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given AutoCanada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than E Automotive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
E Automotive	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AutoCanada	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has better earnings and valuation, EINC or ACQ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
E Automotive	C$116.01M	0.00	-C$47.53M	-C$1.30	N/A
AutoCanada	C$6.16B	0.07	-C$36.57M	-C$1.57	-12.02

Summary

AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.