ACQ vs. EINC, TWC, RPI.UN, RAY.B, PZA, BPF.UN, GBT, AW.UN, CLIQ, and IPLP
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), TWC Enterprises (TWC), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Stingray Group (RAY.B), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), BMTC Group (GBT), A and W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (AW.UN), Alcanna (CLIQ), and IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs.
E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, AutoCanada had 1 more articles in the media than E Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AutoCanada and 0 mentions for E Automotive. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AutoCanada has a net margin of 1.45% compared to E Automotive's net margin of -40.97%. AutoCanada's return on equity of 19.27% beat E Automotive's return on equity.
0.1% of E Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of AutoCanada shares are held by institutional investors. 89.2% of E Automotive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of AutoCanada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AutoCanada has higher revenue and earnings than E Automotive. E Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AutoCanada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
E Automotive presently has a consensus price target of C$6.71, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. AutoCanada has a consensus price target of C$29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.38%. Given E Automotive's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe E Automotive is more favorable than AutoCanada.
AutoCanada received 389 more outperform votes than E Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.62% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave E Automotive an outperform vote.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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