Exchange Income (EIF) Competitors

Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Is EIF or AC more profitable?

Air Canada has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.44%. Air Canada's return on equity of 603.77% beat Exchange Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exchange Income	4.44%	9.38%	4.54%
Air Canada	7.92%	603.77%	4.12%

Is EIF or AC a better dividend stock?

Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Exchange Income pays out 109.1% 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 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer EIF or AC?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 11 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Air Canada and 3 mentions for Exchange Income. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Exchange Income's score of 0.55 indicating that Air Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Exchange Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Air Canada	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EIF or AC?

Air Canada received 427 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.74% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Exchange Income	Outperform Votes 561 70.74%	Underperform Votes 232 29.26%
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 988 71.59%	Underperform Votes 392 28.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, EIF or AC?

Exchange Income has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EIF or AC?

Exchange Income presently has a consensus price target of C$69.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.21%. Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$26.60, indicating a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Exchange Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exchange Income is more favorable than Air Canada.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exchange Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Air Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EIF or AC?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Air Canada shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EIF or AC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exchange Income	C$2.61B	1.03	C$115.73M	C$2.42	23.33
Air Canada	C$22.26B	0.35	C$1.76B	C$4.48	4.89

Summary

Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.