AC vs. GEI, GC, CG, GLXY, SSRM, CBL, LB, WELL, SVC, and AGF.B
Should you be buying Air Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Canada include Gibson Energy (GEI), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Centerra Gold (CG), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), SSR Mining (SSRM), Callidus Capital (CBL), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), WELL Health Technologies (WELL), Sandvine (SVC), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
15.8% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Gibson Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Gibson Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Air Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$23.75, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Gibson Energy has a consensus target price of C$25.56, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Gibson Energy.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Air Canada had 19 more articles in the media than Gibson Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Air Canada and 2 mentions for Gibson Energy. Gibson Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Air Canada's score of -0.14 indicating that Gibson Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Canada received 577 more outperform votes than Gibson Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.34% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 52.28% of users gave Gibson Energy an outperform vote.
Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share. Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Air Canada pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gibson Energy pays out 154.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Gibson Energy. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibson Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Canada has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Gibson Energy's net margin of 1.42%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Gibson Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Air Canada beats Gibson Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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