ACQ vs. EINC, ITP, UNS, RCH, LNF, WPK, CARA, TOY, GOOS, and NFI
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Uni-Select (UNS), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Winpak (WPK), Cara Operations (CARA), Spin Master (TOY), Canada Goose (GOOS), and NFI Group (NFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs. Its Competitors
AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) and E Automotive (TSE:EINC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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 0.37 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
E Automotive has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
50.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of E Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of E Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AutoCanada presently has a consensus target price of C$22.25, suggesting a potential downside of 23.88%. Given E Automotive's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe E Automotive is more favorable than AutoCanada.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 10 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 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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