ALC vs. WTE, GDI, BDI, CGY, HRX, DIV, ISV, MAL, DBM, and BBD.A
Should you be buying Algoma Central stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Central include Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Calian Group (CGY), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Information Services (ISV), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), and Bombardier (BBD.A). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Algoma Central (TSE:ALC) and Westshore Terminals Investment (TSE:WTE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Algoma Central pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Westshore Terminals Investment pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Algoma Central pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westshore Terminals Investment pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Algoma Central presently has a consensus price target of C$20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.41%. Westshore Terminals Investment has a consensus price target of C$28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.03%. Given Algoma Central's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Algoma Central is more favorable than Westshore Terminals Investment.
Westshore Terminals Investment received 152 more outperform votes than Algoma Central when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.12% of users gave Algoma Central an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Westshore Terminals Investment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Westshore Terminals Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Algoma Central. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Westshore Terminals Investment and 0 mentions for Algoma Central. Algoma Central's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Westshore Terminals Investment'saverage media sentiment score.
Westshore Terminals Investment has a net margin of 30.59% compared to Algoma Central's net margin of 11.49%. Westshore Terminals Investment's return on equity of 16.16% beat Algoma Central's return on equity.
Westshore Terminals Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Algoma Central. Algoma Central is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westshore Terminals Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.0% of Algoma Central shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.1% of Algoma Central shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Algoma Central has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westshore Terminals Investment has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Westshore Terminals Investment beats Algoma Central on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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