Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) Competitors

Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CTC or ATD?

Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alimentation Couche-Tard, 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
Canadian Tire	C$11.21B	0.76	C$446.23M	C$17.42	12.74
Alimentation Couche-Tard	C$50.52B	0.90	C$1.79B	C$3.83	17.78

Is CTC or ATD more profitable?

Canadian Tire has a net margin of 3.98% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 3.53%. Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity of 18.96% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	3.98%	11.54%	3.90%
Alimentation Couche-Tard	3.53%	18.96%	7.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTC or ATD?

Canadian Tire received 133 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.21% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 210 77.21%	Underperform Votes 62 22.79%
Alimentation Couche-Tard	Outperform Votes 77 54.23%	Underperform Votes 65 45.77%

Do analysts prefer CTC or ATD?

Canadian Tire presently has a consensus target price of C$140.00, indicating a potential downside of 36.94%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus target price of C$87.54, indicating a potential upside of 28.41%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Tire	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Alimentation Couche-Tard	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CTC or ATD?

12.3% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. 81.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CTC or ATD?

In the previous week, Alimentation Couche-Tard had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard and 5 mentions for Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's score of -0.25 indicating that Canadian Tire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Tire	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alimentation Couche-Tard	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CTC or ATD a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Canadian Tire pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility & risk, CTC or ATD?

Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.