ATD vs. CTC.A, PET, LNF, ZZZ, CTC, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, and FTI
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Pet Valu (PET), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canadian Tire (CTC), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), and FTI Foodtech International (FTI). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Alimentation Couche-Tard vs.
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC.A) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus target price of C$88.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.08%. Canadian Tire has a consensus target price of C$147.89, suggesting a potential downside of 4.59%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 2 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Tire and 1 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian Tire's score of -0.57 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.
Canadian Tire received 441 more outperform votes than Alimentation Couche-Tard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Canadian Tire an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Alimentation Couche-Tard an outperform vote.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Canadian Tire shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Canadian Tire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ATD) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff