EIF vs. AC, JET, TIH, BBD.B, SNC, FTT, ATA, SES, ATS, and MDA
Should you be buying Exchange Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exchange Income include Air Canada (AC), Global Crossing Airlines Group (JET), Toromont Industries (TIH), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Finning International (FTT), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), Secure Energy Services (SES), ATS (ATS), and MDA Space (MDA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Exchange Income vs.
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Air Canada pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Exchange Income. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exchange Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.5% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 5 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Air Canada and 6 mentions for Exchange Income. Exchange Income's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Air Canada's score of 0.58 indicating that Exchange Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Canada received 427 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.74% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
Air Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$26.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.56%. Exchange Income has a consensus price target of C$69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.79%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
Air Canada has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.44%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Exchange Income's return on equity.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EIF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
