XTC vs. ABCT, MRE, WPRT, SSA, MG, LNR, UNS, CCL.A, MTY, and CAS
Should you be buying Exco Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exco Technologies include ABC Technologies (ABCT), Martinrea International (MRE), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Spectra Products (SSA), Magna International (MG), Linamar (LNR), Uni-Select (UNS), CCL Industries (CCL.A), MTY Food Group (MTY), and Cascades (CAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Exco Technologies vs. Its Competitors
ABC Technologies (TSE:ABCT) and Exco Technologies (TSE:XTC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Exco Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ABC Technologies. ABC Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exco Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exco Technologies has a net margin of 4.52% compared to ABC Technologies' net margin of -3.27%. Exco Technologies' return on equity of 7.37% beat ABC Technologies' return on equity.
ABC Technologies has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exco Technologies has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.7% of ABC Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Exco Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 65.1% of ABC Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Exco Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ABC Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.15 per share. Exco Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. ABC Technologies pays out -26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exco Technologies pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Exco Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than ABC Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Exco Technologies and 0 mentions for ABC Technologies. Exco Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat ABC Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Exco Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Exco Technologies beats ABC Technologies on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:XTC) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff