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Air Canada (AC) Competitors

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C$13.97 -0.08 (-0.57%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

AC vs. PSA, GLXY, GEI, GC, SSRM, CG, CBL, LB, WELL, and AGF.B

Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (PSA), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), SSR Mining (SSRM), Centerra Gold (CG), Callidus Capital (CBL), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Air Canada vs.

Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (TSE:PSA) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Air Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$23.63, indicating a potential upside of 69.11%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Air Canada
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Air Canada has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Air Canada11.57% 177.01% 4.12%
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund N/A N/A N/A

Air Canada received 991 more outperform votes than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Air CanadaOutperform Votes
991
71.24%
Underperform Votes
400
28.76%
Purpose High Interest Savings FundN/AN/A

In the previous week, Air Canada had 2 more articles in the media than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Air Canada and 4 mentions for Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Air Canada's score of 0.20 indicating that Purpose High Interest Savings Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Air Canada
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Air CanadaC$21.95B0.23C$2.54BC$7.101.97
Purpose High Interest Savings FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Air Canada beats Purpose High Interest Savings Fund on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AC vs. The Competition

MetricAir CanadaAirlines IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.98BC$5.20BC$7.15BC$5.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.22%3.56%6.84%
P/E Ratio1.977.2320.8229.27
Price / Sales0.2319.6880.94568.85
Price / Cash0.804.9726.9483.07
Price / Book1.623.113.743.72
Net IncomeC$2.54BC$1.29BC$807.45MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance-2.58%0.77%2.31%0.29%
1 Month Performance-2.85%-0.75%1.51%-0.19%
1 Year Performance-31.72%7.99%14.21%14.06%

Air Canada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AC
Air Canada
3.9737 of 5 stars
C$13.97
-0.6%
C$23.63
+69.1%
-31.3%C$4.98BC$21.95B1.9720
PSA
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund
N/AC$50.10
flat
N/A0.0%C$4.53BN/A0.005,900Dividend Increase
Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
GLXY
Galaxy Digital
0.8903 of 5 stars
C$14.93
-2.8%
C$22.25
+49.0%
+81.2%C$3.52BC$540.07M1.23434
GEI
Gibson Energy
3.2166 of 5 stars
C$21.09
-2.0%
C$25.86
+22.6%
-3.9%C$3.44BC$12.27B16.261,140Analyst Revision
GC
Great Canadian Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.59BC$228.70M-21.287,900High Trading Volume
SSRM
SSR Mining
0.8384 of 5 stars
C$14.44
-3.7%
C$15.50
+7.3%
+98.9%C$2.06BC$774.50M-4.242,500
CG
Centerra Gold
4.3234 of 5 stars
C$9.61
+0.6%
C$12.09
+25.8%
+10.1%C$1.44BC$885.74M13.932,100Gap Up
CBL
Callidus Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.23BC$181.78M-5.12460
LB
Laurentian Bank of Canada
0.6235 of 5 stars
C$26.48
-1.2%
C$28.00
+5.7%
+6.3%C$1.17BC$1.83B-211.203,000
WELL
WELL Health Technologies
3.139 of 5 stars
C$3.76
-5.1%
C$8.08
+114.8%
+8.5%C$939.71MC$962.00M12.74510
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.6327 of 5 stars
C$9.06
-1.6%
C$12.63
+39.3%
+30.2%C$578.57MC$517.16M7.08652

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