EIF vs. AC, JET, CAE, BBD.B, SNC, FTT, ATS, ATA, SES, and SVI
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), CAE (CAE), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Finning International (FTT), ATS (ATS), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), Secure Energy Services (SES), and StorageVault Canada (SVI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Air Canada pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 102.3% 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.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 4 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Air Canada and 1 mentions for Exchange Income. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Exchange Income's score of 0.32 indicating that Exchange Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$29.39, suggesting a potential upside of 65.22%. Exchange Income has a consensus price target of C$63.94, suggesting a potential upside of 42.48%. Given Exchange Income's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
13.8% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Air Canada received 417 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.80% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
Air Canada has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 4.66%. Air Canada's return on equity of 10.68% beat Exchange Income's return on equity.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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