ATD vs. CTC, CTC.A, PET, LNF, ZZZ, GBT, CLIQ, IDG, RUM, and FTI
Should you be buying Alimentation Couche-Tard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alimentation Couche-Tard include Canadian Tire (CTC), Canadian Tire (CTC.A), Pet Valu (PET), Leon's Furniture (LNF), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), BMTC Group (GBT), Alcanna (CLIQ), Indigo Books & Music (IDG), Rocky Mountain Liquor (RUM), and FTI Foodtech International (FTI). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Alimentation Couche-Tard vs. Its Competitors
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD) and Canadian Tire (TSE:CTC) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
33.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 81.9% of Canadian Tire shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Tire has a net margin of 3.98% compared to Alimentation Couche-Tard's net margin of 3.53%. Alimentation Couche-Tard's return on equity of 18.96% beat Canadian Tire's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alimentation Couche-Tard had 32 more articles in the media than Canadian Tire. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard and 2 mentions for Canadian Tire. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Canadian Tire's score of 0.00 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard presently has a consensus price target of C$83.69, indicating a potential upside of 21.36%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$140.00, indicating a potential downside of 44.66%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 40.2% 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.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alimentation Couche-Tard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ATD) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
