Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (TSE:BAM) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BAM or AC?

74.8% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BAM or AC a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Canada pays out 2.8% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or AC?

Air Canada received 740 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.61% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 71.24% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 251 73.61%	Underperform Votes 90 26.39%
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 991 71.24%	Underperform Votes 400 28.76%

Does the media favor BAM or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 13 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Air Canada's score of -0.35 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Air Canada	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend BAM or AC?

Brookfield Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of C$68.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.15%. Air Canada has a consensus target price of C$23.63, indicating a potential upside of 68.51%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Air Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is BAM or AC more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 65.13% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 11.57%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	65.13%	32.14%	0.88%
Air Canada	11.57%	177.01%	4.12%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BAM or AC?

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
Brookfield Asset Management	C$3.71B	21.04	C$2.42B	C$2.91	22.90
Air Canada	C$21.95B	0.23	C$2.54B	C$7.10	1.97

Summary

Air Canada beats Brookfield Asset Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.