ACQ vs. EINC, PET, GC, ITP, UNS, LNF, RCH, WPK, TOY, and GOOS
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Pet Valu (PET), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Uni-Select (UNS), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Winpak (WPK), Spin Master (TOY), and Canada Goose (GOOS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs. Its Competitors
E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
AutoCanada has a consensus price target of C$33.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.34%. Given AutoCanada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than E Automotive.
AutoCanada has a net margin of -0.82% compared to E Automotive's net margin of -40.97%. AutoCanada's return on equity of -9.79% beat E Automotive's return on equity.
In the previous week, AutoCanada had 2 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AutoCanada and 0 mentions for E Automotive. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
E Automotive has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AutoCanada. AutoCanada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.1% of E Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of AutoCanada shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.2% of E Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:ACQ) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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