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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAM or AC?

Air Canada received 736 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.37% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 71.82% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 248 73.37%	Underperform Votes 90 26.63%
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 984 71.82%	Underperform Votes 386 28.18%

Do insiders & institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer BAM or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 49 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Air Canada and 7 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Air Canada's score of 0.84 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Air Canada	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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$3.89B	8.45	C$443M	C$1.50	52.33
Air Canada	C$22.26B	0.36	C$1.76B	C$4.48	5.03

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 2.6%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 136.7% 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 pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer BAM or AC?

Air Canada has a consensus target price of C$25.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.02%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Air Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Is BAM or AC more profitable?

Air Canada has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Brookfield Asset Management's net margin of 0.00%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	N/A	16.13%	0.88%
Air Canada	7.92%	603.77%	4.12%

Summary

Air Canada beats Brookfield Asset Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.