Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, CTC.A or ATD?

Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Tire. Alimentation Couche-Tard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Tire, 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$16.35B	0.51	C$381.70M	C$6.85	23.38
Alimentation Couche-Tard	C$71.92B	1.00	C$2.69B	C$3.87	19.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTC.A or ATD?

Canadian Tire received 441 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 53.68% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Tire	Outperform Votes 514 64.65%	Underperform Votes 281 35.35%
Alimentation Couche-Tard	Outperform Votes 73 53.68%	Underperform Votes 63 46.32%

Is CTC.A or ATD a better dividend stock?

Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Tire pays out 102.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to CTC.A or ATD?

In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 7 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Canadian Tire and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Canadian Tire's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Alimentation Couche-Tard's score of -0.44 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alimentation Couche-Tard	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CTC.A or ATD?

34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CTC.A or ATD more profitable?

Alimentation Couche-Tard has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Canadian Tire's net margin of 2.33%. Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity of 19.72% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Tire	2.33%	7.45%	3.90%
Alimentation Couche-Tard	3.73%	19.72%	7.00%

Do analysts recommend CTC.A or ATD?

Canadian Tire presently has a consensus price target of C$150.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.92%. Alimentation Couche-Tard has a consensus price target of C$88.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alimentation Couche-Tard	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CTC.A or ATD?

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