AC vs. GLXY, PSA, GEI, SSRM, GC, CG, LB, CBL, WELL, and AGF.B
Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (PSA), Gibson Energy (GEI), SSR Mining (SSRM), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Centerra Gold (CG), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), Callidus Capital (CBL), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Air Canada vs. Its Competitors
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Galaxy Digital (TSE:GLXY) are both mid-cap trading companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Air Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$25.63, suggesting a potential upside of 29.40%. Galaxy Digital has a consensus target price of C$24.50, suggesting a potential downside of 30.69%. Given Air Canada's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Galaxy Digital.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Galaxy Digital. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Galaxy Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galaxy Digital has a beta of 3.17, indicating that its share price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 20 more articles in the media than Galaxy Digital. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Air Canada's score of -0.28 indicating that Galaxy Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Galaxy Digital 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.
Summary
Galaxy Digital beats Air Canada on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:AC) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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