EIF vs. AC, JET, CAE, BBD.B, SNC, FTT, ATS, ATA, SES, and SVI
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), CAE (CAE), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC), Finning International (FTT), ATS (ATS), ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATA), Secure Energy Services (SES), and StorageVault Canada (SVI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Exchange Income (TSE:EIF) and Air Canada (TSE:AC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Exchange Income has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Canada has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.5% of Exchange Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of Air Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Exchange Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Air Canada shares are owned 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.
Air Canada has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Exchange Income's net margin of 4.66%. Exchange Income's return on equity of 10.68% beat Air Canada's return on equity.
Air Canada received 417 more outperform votes than Exchange Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.86% of users gave Air Canada an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Exchange Income an outperform vote.
Exchange Income pays an annual dividend of C$2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Air Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Exchange Income pays out 102.3% 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 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Exchange Income presently has a consensus price target of C$63.94, indicating a potential upside of 44.28%. Air Canada has a consensus price target of C$30.12, indicating a potential upside of 65.47%. Given Air Canada's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Canada is more favorable than Exchange Income.
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.
In the previous week, Exchange Income had 4 more articles in the media than Air Canada. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Exchange Income and 2 mentions for Air Canada. Exchange Income's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Air Canada's score of 0.67 indicating that Exchange Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Air Canada beats Exchange Income on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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