ACQ vs. EINC, TCL.A, ZZZ, GOOS, NFI, CAS, PLC, MTY, CCL.A, and ABCT
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Canada Goose (GOOS), NFI Group (NFI), Cascades (CAS), Park Lawn (PLC), MTY Food Group (MTY), CCL Industries (CCL.A), and ABC Technologies (ABCT). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs.
AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) and E Automotive (TSE:EINC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
AutoCanada currently has a consensus target price of C$19.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.27%. Given AutoCanada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than E Automotive.
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 0.51 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AutoCanada received 396 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.31% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.
50.9% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of E Automotive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACQ) was last updated on 4/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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