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AutoCanada (ACQ) Competitors

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C$28.26 -1.22 (-4.14%)
As of 10/10/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ACQ vs. EINC, GC, WPK, PET, ITP, UNS, LNF, TOY, GOOS, and NFI

Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Great Canadian Gaming (GC), Winpak (WPK), Pet Valu (PET), Intertape Polymer Group (ITP), Uni-Select (UNS), Leon's Furniture (LNF), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

28.5% of AutoCanada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of E Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of E Automotive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

AutoCanada currently has a consensus price target of C$33.71, suggesting a potential upside of 19.30%. Given AutoCanada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than E Automotive.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AutoCanada
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
E Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, AutoCanada had 5 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AutoCanada and 0 mentions for E Automotive. E Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AutoCanada's score of -0.50 indicating that E Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
AutoCanada Neutral
E Automotive Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AutoCanadaC$5.34B0.12-C$50.70M-C$0.81-34.89
E AutomotiveC$116.01M0.00-C$47.53M-C$1.30N/A

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
AutoCanada-0.82% -9.79% 2.67%
E Automotive -40.97%-39.39%-15.46%

Summary

AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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ACQ vs. The Competition

MetricAutoCanadaAuto & Truck Dealerships IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$654.22MC$683.82MC$3.81BC$9.53B
Dividend Yield6.34%2.53%3.56%6.52%
P/E Ratio-34.89831.04616.6229.30
Price / Sales0.1210.23229.3612.90
Price / Cash6.349.5031.1683.29
Price / Book1.251.593.585.73
Net Income-C$50.70MC$41.67MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-10.82%-1.02%-1.24%-1.53%
1 Month Performance-18.02%-4.47%-0.41%4.35%
1 Year Performance78.30%27.79%36.54%37.36%

AutoCanada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACQ
AutoCanada
2.4491 of 5 stars
C$28.26
-4.1%
C$33.71
+19.3%
+78.3%C$654.22MC$5.34B-34.892,550News Coverage
EINC
E Automotive
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$163.15MC$116.01M-2.37822Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GC
Great Canadian Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.59BC$228.70M-21.287,900High Trading Volume
WPK
Winpak
2.8245 of 5 stars
C$40.93
-1.0%
C$50.67
+23.8%
-13.0%C$2.52BC$1.13B18.272,753Positive News
PET
Pet Valu
2.5654 of 5 stars
C$35.75
+0.4%
C$40.22
+12.5%
+31.6%C$2.44BC$1.13B26.6890
ITP
Intertape Polymer Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.40BC$1.59B-218.81370
UNS
Uni-Select
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.10BC$1.77B24.355,200
LNF
Leon's Furniture
2.5044 of 5 stars
C$29.02
-1.8%
C$32.20
+11.0%
-4.1%C$1.98BC$2.54B12.408,468
TOY
Spin Master
3.565 of 5 stars
C$19.27
-2.7%
C$29.75
+54.4%
-43.0%C$1.95BC$2.29B23.223,000
GOOS
Canada Goose
0.6259 of 5 stars
C$19.39
-2.6%
C$16.67
-14.0%
+10.6%C$1.88BC$1.37B40.404,462
NFI
NFI Group
2.2586 of 5 stars
C$15.30
+0.4%
C$22.67
+48.1%
-15.1%C$1.82BC$3.26B-11.198,566

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This page (TSE:ACQ) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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