ACQ vs. EINC, RCH, WPK, LNF, TOY, CARA, GOOS, TCL.A, NFI, and ZZZ
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include E Automotive (EINC), Richelieu Hardware (RCH), Winpak (WPK), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Spin Master (TOY), Cara Operations (CARA), Canada Goose (GOOS), Transcontinental (TCL.A), NFI Group (NFI), and Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada vs. Its Competitors
E Automotive (TSE:EINC) and AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of AutoCanada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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. AutoCanada's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat E Automotive's score of 0.00 indicating that AutoCanada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AutoCanada has a consensus target price of C$20.31, indicating a potential downside of 7.37%. Given E Automotive's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe E Automotive is more favorable than AutoCanada.
Summary
AutoCanada beats E Automotive on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (TSE:ACQ) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
