AC vs. SSRM, GLXY, GEI, PSA, GC, CG, LB, WELL, AGF.B, and SVC
Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include SSR Mining (SSRM), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (PSA), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Centerra Gold (CG), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), AGF Management (AGF.B), and Sandvine (SVC). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Air Canada vs. Its Competitors
SSR Mining (TSE:SSRM) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap trading companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
SSR Mining has a beta of 0.024444, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 1.733945, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 4 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Air Canada and 1 mentions for SSR Mining. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SSR Mining currently has a consensus target price of C$24.38, suggesting a potential downside of 21.32%. Air Canada has a consensus target price of C$25.57, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Given Air Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than SSR Mining.
45.8% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of SSR Mining 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Air Canada has a net margin of 11.57% compared to SSR Mining's net margin of -44.13%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than SSR Mining. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSR Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Air Canada beats SSR Mining on 13 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 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
