AutoCanada (ACQ) Competitors

E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to EINC or ACQ?

In the previous week, AutoCanada had 18 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AutoCanada and 0 mentions for E Automotive. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
E Automotive	Neutral
AutoCanada	Neutral

Is EINC or ACQ more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E Automotive	-40.97%	-39.39%	-15.46%
AutoCanada	-0.82%	-9.79%	2.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada received 396 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.25% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
E Automotive	Outperform Votes 13 43.33%	Underperform Votes 17 56.67%
AutoCanada	Outperform Votes 409 50.25%	Underperform Votes 405 49.75%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EINC or ACQ?

0.1% of E Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada has a consensus price target of C$19.19, indicating a potential downside of 5.21%. Given E Automotive's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe E Automotive is more favorable than AutoCanada.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
E Automotive	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AutoCanada	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EINC or ACQ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
E Automotive	C$116.01M	0.00	-C$47.53M	-C$1.30	N/A
AutoCanada	C$6.16B	0.08	-C$50.70M	-C$2.17	-9.34

Summary

AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.