AutoCanada Inc.

TSX:ACQ Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$392.9m

AutoCanada Valuation

Is ACQ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ACQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ACQ (CA$17.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$94.17)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ACQ is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ACQ?

Key metric: As ACQ is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for ACQ. This is calculated by dividing ACQ's market cap by their current revenue.
What is ACQ's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.07x
SalesCA$6.13b
Market CapCA$392.90m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ACQ's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ACQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.9x
DIV Diversified Royalty
7.5x3.2%CA$476.2m
GBT BMTC Group
0.7xn/aCA$414.6m
KITS Kits Eyecare
1.8x18.5%CA$264.6m
PET Pet Valu Holdings
1.6x6.6%CA$1.7b
ACQ AutoCanada
0.07x2.3%CA$392.9m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ACQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (2.9x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does ACQ's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Specialty Retail Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x10.1%
ACQ AutoCanada
 0.07x2.3%US$273.41m
IDG Indigo Books & Music
0.07x-1.6%US$50.59m
FAF Fire & Flower Holdings
0.08xn/aUS$9.91m
ACQ 0.1xIndustry Avg. 0.5xNo. of Companies6PS00.81.62.43.24+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x39.8%
ACQ AutoCanada
 0.07x96.5%US$273.41m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ACQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the North American Specialty Retail industry average (0.5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ACQ's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ACQ PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.07x
Fair PS Ratio0.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ACQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ACQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$17.35
CA$19.38
+11.7%
18.8%CA$25.00CA$15.00n/a8
Dec ’25CA$18.79
CA$18.88
+0.5%
16.2%CA$25.00CA$15.00n/a8
Nov ’25CA$15.04
CA$18.57
+23.4%
13.2%CA$22.60CA$15.00n/a9
Oct ’25CA$16.18
CA$18.79
+16.1%
13.2%CA$22.60CA$15.00n/a9
Sep ’25CA$14.86
CA$18.79
+26.4%
13.2%CA$22.60CA$15.00n/a9
Aug ’25CA$19.49
CA$21.73
+11.5%
14.5%CA$28.50CA$18.00n/a9
Jul ’25CA$19.23
CA$21.73
+13.0%
14.5%CA$28.50CA$18.00n/a9
Jun ’25CA$20.50
CA$21.73
+6.0%
14.5%CA$28.50CA$18.00n/a9
May ’25CA$24.39
CA$29.06
+19.1%
42.6%CA$62.00CA$20.00n/a9
Apr ’25CA$26.47
CA$28.72
+8.5%
43.6%CA$62.00CA$20.00n/a9
Mar ’25CA$21.43
CA$29.78
+39.0%
40.4%CA$62.00CA$22.00n/a9
Feb ’25CA$21.28
CA$29.89
+40.5%
40.0%CA$62.00CA$22.00n/a9
Jan ’25CA$22.90
CA$29.53
+28.9%
40.3%CA$62.00CA$22.00n/a9
Dec ’24CA$19.16
CA$29.31
+53.0%
41.0%CA$62.00CA$22.00CA$18.799
Nov ’24CA$24.02
CA$31.50
+31.1%
43.7%CA$70.00CA$22.00CA$15.0410
Oct ’24CA$24.28
CA$31.50
+29.7%
43.7%CA$70.00CA$22.00CA$16.1810
Sep ’24CA$27.10
CA$31.50
+16.2%
43.7%CA$70.00CA$22.00CA$14.8610
Aug ’24CA$22.52
CA$26.35
+17.0%
50.4%CA$65.00CA$18.00CA$19.4910
Jul ’24CA$19.22
CA$26.35
+37.1%
50.4%CA$65.00CA$18.00CA$19.2310
Jun ’24CA$17.61
CA$26.35
+49.6%
50.4%CA$65.00CA$18.00CA$20.5010
May ’24CA$20.51
CA$35.31
+72.1%
46.2%CA$80.00CA$25.00CA$24.399
Apr ’24CA$19.88
CA$36.31
+82.6%
43.6%CA$80.00CA$26.00CA$26.479
Mar ’24CA$29.44
CA$39.65
+34.7%
38.7%CA$80.00CA$27.00CA$21.439
Feb ’24CA$27.93
CA$39.20
+40.4%
40.1%CA$80.00CA$24.00CA$21.289
Jan ’24CA$23.31
CA$40.43
+73.4%
45.9%CA$90.00CA$24.00CA$22.909
Dec ’23CA$26.62
CA$42.76
+60.6%
42.0%CA$90.00CA$28.00CA$19.169

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 22:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

AutoCanada Inc. is covered by 14 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Trevor ReynoldsAcumen Capital Finance Partners Limited
Christopher MurrayATB Capital Markets
Tamy ChenBMO Capital Markets Equity Research