EIF vs. AC, JET, TIH, EFN, BBD.B, SNC, TFII, FTT, ATA, and ATS
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), Toromont Industries (TIH), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), TFI International (TFII), Finning International (FTT), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Exchange Income vs.
Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
11.3% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Exchange Income pays out 103.4% 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 pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Exchange Income currently has a consensus price target of C$68.22, indicating a potential upside of 17.95%. Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$24.31, indicating a potential upside of 30.50%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
Air Canada received 430 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.73% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
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.
Exchange Income has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Exchange Income had 24 more articles in the media than Air Canada. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Exchange Income and 18 mentions for Air Canada. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Exchange Income's score of -0.08 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EIF) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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