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 large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
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.
34.8% of Alimentation Couche-Tard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Canadian Tire had 3 more articles in the media than Alimentation Couche-Tard. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Tire and 0 mentions for Alimentation Couche-Tard. Alimentation Couche-Tard's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian Tire's score of -0.36 indicating that Alimentation Couche-Tard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alimentation Couche-Tard has a beta of 0.36631, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Tire has a beta of 0.624238, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alimentation Couche-Tard pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian Tire pays an annual dividend of C$7.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alimentation Couche-Tard pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Tire pays out 51.5% 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.
Alimentation Couche-Tard currently has a consensus price target of C$85.31, indicating a potential upside of 16.43%. Canadian Tire has a consensus price target of C$140.00, indicating a potential downside of 46.15%. Given Alimentation Couche-Tard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alimentation Couche-Tard is more favorable than Canadian Tire.
Summary
Alimentation Couche-Tard beats Canadian Tire on 13 of the 19 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
