AutoCanada (ACQ) Competitors

E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) 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, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts rate EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada has a consensus target price of C$20.31, indicating a potential downside of 8.20%. Given E Automotive's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EINC or ACQ?

AutoCanada received 397 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 410 50.25%	Underperform Votes 406 49.75%

Does the media refer more to EINC or ACQ?

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 0.41 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EINC or ACQ?

0.1% of E Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of AutoCanada shares are held by institutional investors. 89.2% of E Automotive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Which has preferable valuation & 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	-10.21

Summary

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