EIF vs. AC, BBU.UN, CJT, RUS, MDA, BDGI, WTE, MTL, SIS, and SES
Should you be buying Exchange Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exchange Income include Air Canada (AC), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU.UN), Cargojet (CJT), Russel Metals (RUS), MDA (MDA), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Mullen Group (MTL), Savaria (SIS), and Secure Energy Services (SES). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Air Canada (TSE:AC) and Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Air Canada has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exchange Income has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$30.35, suggesting a potential upside of 51.50%. Exchange Income has a consensus price target of C$64.15, suggesting a potential upside of 36.40%. Given Exchange Income's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
13.6% of Air Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Exchange Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Air Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% 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, Air Canada had 14 more articles in the media than Exchange Income. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Air Canada and 6 mentions for Exchange Income. Air Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Exchange Income's score of -0.01 indicating that Exchange Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Canada has a net margin of 10.42% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 4.90%. Air Canada's return on equity of 10.80% 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 1.0%. Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Air Canada pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exchange Income pays out 99.6% 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 received 414 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
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 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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