Galaxy Digital (GLXY) Competitors

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

Is AC or GLXY more profitable?

Galaxy Digital has a net margin of 364.19% compared to Air Canada's net margin of 11.57%. Air Canada's return on equity of 177.01% beat Galaxy Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Air Canada	11.57%	177.01%	4.12%
Galaxy Digital	364.19%	83.38%	N/A

Do analysts rate AC or GLXY?

Air Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$24.31, indicating a potential upside of 31.63%. Galaxy Digital has a consensus price target of C$24.50, indicating a potential downside of 19.93%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Galaxy Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Air Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Galaxy Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AC or GLXY?

Air Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Canada, 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
Air Canada	C$21.95B	0.30	C$2.54B	C$7.10	2.60
Galaxy Digital	C$540.07M	13.34	C$1.97B	C$12.11	2.53

Does the media refer more to AC or GLXY?

In the previous week, Air Canada had 4 more articles in the media than Galaxy Digital. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Air Canada and 11 mentions for Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Air Canada's score of 0.11 indicating that Galaxy Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Air Canada	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Galaxy Digital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AC or GLXY?

15.5% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Air Canada shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AC or GLXY?

Air Canada received 985 more outperform votes than Galaxy Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Galaxy Digital an outperform vote while only 71.13% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Air Canada	Outperform Votes 993 71.13%	Underperform Votes 403 28.87%
Galaxy Digital	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk and volatility, AC or GLXY?

Air Canada has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galaxy Digital has a beta of 3.17, meaning that its share price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Air Canada beats Galaxy Digital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.