ALC vs. WTE, PSV, MSI, CJT, BBU.UN, MDA, BAD, BDT, BDGI, and SIS
Should you be buying Algoma Central stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algoma Central include Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), (PSV.TO) (PSV), Morneau Shepell (MSI), Cargojet (CJT), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), MDA Space (MDA), Badger Daylighting (BAD), Bird Construction (BDT), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Savaria (SIS).
Westshore Terminals Investment (TSE:WTE) and Algoma Central (TSE:ALC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
19.4% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of Algoma Central shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Westshore Terminals Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.0% of Algoma Central shares are held by 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.
Westshore Terminals Investment has a net margin of 26.97% compared to Westshore Terminals Investment's net margin of 11.86%. Algoma Central's return on equity of 13.92% beat Westshore Terminals Investment's return on equity.
Westshore Terminals Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Westshore Terminals Investment pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Algoma Central pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Westshore Terminals Investment pays out 95.5% 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 pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Westshore Terminals Investment has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algoma Central has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Algoma Central had 3 more articles in the media than Westshore Terminals Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Algoma Central and 0 mentions for Westshore Terminals Investment. Westshore Terminals Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Algoma Central's score of 0.00 indicating that Algoma Central is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westshore Terminals Investment received 152 more outperform votes than Algoma Central when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.62% of users gave Algoma Central an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Westshore Terminals Investment an outperform vote.
Westshore Terminals Investment presently has a consensus price target of C$26.13, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Algoma Central has a consensus price target of C$19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.20%. Given Westshore Terminals Investment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Algoma Central is more favorable than Westshore Terminals Investment.
Summary
Westshore Terminals Investment beats Algoma Central on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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