EIF vs. AC, JET, EFN, CAE, TIH, TFII, FTT, SNC, SES, and MDA
Should you be buying Exchange Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exchange Income include Air Canada (AC), Global Crossing Airlines Group (JET), Element Fleet Management (EFN), CAE (CAE), Toromont Industries (TIH), TFI International (TFII), Finning International (FTT), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Secure Energy Services (SES), and MDA Space (MDA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Exchange Income vs. Its Competitors
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Air Canada has a beta of 1.617903, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 0.758716, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Canada has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.64%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat Exchange Income's return on equity.
Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Air Canada pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 100.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Exchange Income. Air Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exchange Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$24.91, suggesting a potential upside of 37.45%. Exchange Income has a consensus target price of C$80.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.93%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
21.1% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Exchange Income had 13 more articles in the media than Air Canada. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Exchange Income and 3 mentions for Air Canada. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Exchange Income's score of 0.40 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EIF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:EIF) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
