ACQ vs. RAY.B, GBT, AW.UN, TWC, PLC, RAY.A, RPI.UN, BPF.UN, PZA, and XTC
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include Stingray Group (RAY.B), BMTC Group (GBT), A and W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (AW.UN), TWC Enterprises (TWC), Park Lawn (PLC), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), and Exco Technologies (XTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) and Stingray Group (TSE:RAY.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
AutoCanada received 333 more outperform votes than Stingray Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Stingray Group an outperform vote while only 51.13% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote.
AutoCanada pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Stingray Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AutoCanada pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stingray Group pays out 56.6% 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.
AutoCanada has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stingray Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.8% of AutoCanada shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of AutoCanada shares are held by 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.
Stingray Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to AutoCanada's net margin of 0.78%. Stingray Group's return on equity of 12.40% beat AutoCanada's return on equity.
AutoCanada has higher revenue and earnings than Stingray Group. AutoCanada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stingray Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AutoCanada presently has a consensus target price of C$23.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given AutoCanada's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than Stingray Group.
In the previous week, AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Stingray Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
AutoCanada beats Stingray Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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