EFN vs. CAE, AC, TIH, FTT, BBD.B, STN, ATS, SES, RUS, and EIF
Should you be buying Element Fleet Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Fleet Management include CAE (CAE), Air Canada (AC), Toromont Industries (TIH), Finning International (FTT), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Stantec (STN), ATS (ATS), Secure Energy Services (SES), Russel Metals (RUS), and Exchange Income (EIF). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
CAE (TSE:CAE) and Element Fleet Management (TSE:EFN) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Element Fleet Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. Element Fleet Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Element Fleet Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CAE pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Element Fleet Management pays out 43.2% 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. Element Fleet Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Element Fleet Management had 1 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Element Fleet Management and 1 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Element Fleet Management's score of 0.03 indicating that Element Fleet Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.1% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Element Fleet Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Element Fleet Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CAE currently has a consensus price target of C$32.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.21%. Element Fleet Management has a consensus price target of C$27.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Given CAE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Element Fleet Management is more favorable than CAE.
Element Fleet Management received 273 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Element Fleet Management an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.
CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Fleet Management has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Fleet Management has a net margin of 23.38% compared to Element Fleet Management's net margin of 6.13%. CAE's return on equity of 12.30% beat Element Fleet Management's return on equity.
Summary
Element Fleet Management beats CAE on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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