ACQ vs. EINC, NFI, CARA, LNF, MTY, TOY, TCL.A, CAS, MRE, and GOOS
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), NFI Group (NFI), Cara Operations (CARA), Leon's Furniture (LNF), MTY Food Group (MTY), Spin Master (TOY), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Cascades (CAS), Martinrea International (MRE), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) and E Automotive (TSE:EINC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
48.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of E Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of AutoCanada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of E Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AutoCanada received 393 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.13% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AutoCanada had 4 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AutoCanada and 1 mentions for E Automotive. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat E Automotive's score of 0.67 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AutoCanada presently has a consensus price target of C$23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%.
AutoCanada has a net margin of 0.64% compared to E Automotive's net margin of -40.97%. AutoCanada's return on equity of 8.15% beat E Automotive's return on equity.
AutoCanada has higher revenue and earnings than E Automotive. E Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AutoCanada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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