Air Canada (AC) Competitors

Galaxy Digital (TSE:GLXY) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, GLXY or AC?

Galaxy Digital has a beta of 3.17, meaning that its stock price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GLXY or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 8 more articles in the media than Galaxy Digital. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Air Canada and 12 mentions for Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Air Canada's score of 0.11 indicating that Galaxy Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Galaxy Digital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Air Canada	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, GLXY or AC?

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Canada, 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
Galaxy Digital	C$540.07M	13.31	C$1.97B	C$12.11	2.52
Air Canada	C$21.95B	0.31	C$2.54B	C$7.10	2.65

Is GLXY or AC more profitable?

Galaxy Digital has a net margin of 364.19% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 11.57%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat Galaxy Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galaxy Digital	364.19%	83.38%	N/A
Air Canada	11.57%	177.01%	4.12%

Do analysts prefer GLXY or AC?

Galaxy Digital currently has a consensus price target of C$24.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.72%. Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$24.31, suggesting a potential upside of 29.39%. Given Air Canada's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Galaxy Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galaxy Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Air Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLXY or AC?

23.3% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLXY or AC?

Air Canada received 985 more outperform votes than Galaxy Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Galaxy Digital an outperform vote while only 71.13% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Galaxy Digital	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 993 71.13%	Underperform Votes 403 28.87%

Summary

Air Canada beats Galaxy Digital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.