ACQ vs. RAY.B, GBT, AW.UN, PLC, TWC, RAY.A, RPI.UN, BPF.UN, PZA, and XTC
Should you be buying AutoCanada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoCanada include Stingray Group (RAY.B), BMTC Group (GBT), A and W Revenue Royalties Income Fund (AW.UN), Park Lawn (PLC), TWC Enterprises (TWC), Stingray Group (RAY.A), Richards Packaging Income Fund (RPI.UN), Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (BPF.UN), Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA), and Exco Technologies (XTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ) and Stingray Group (TSE:RAY.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
AutoCanada received 333 more outperform votes than Stingray Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Stingray Group an outperform vote while only 51.13% of users gave AutoCanada an outperform vote.
Stingray Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to AutoCanada's net margin of 0.78%. Stingray Group's return on equity of 12.40% beat AutoCanada's return on equity.
AutoCanada pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Stingray Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AutoCanada pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stingray Group pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, AutoCanada had 28 more articles in the media than Stingray Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for AutoCanada and 1 mentions for Stingray Group. Stingray Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat AutoCanada's score of -0.62 indicating that Stingray Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AutoCanada has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stingray Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoCanada has higher revenue and earnings than Stingray Group. AutoCanada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stingray Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.5% of AutoCanada shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of AutoCanada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AutoCanada presently has a consensus price target of C$23.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.16%. Given AutoCanada's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AutoCanada is more favorable than Stingray Group.
Summary
AutoCanada beats Stingray Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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