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Algoma Central CorporationALC.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Industrials›Marine Shipping
Momentum leader 95
Mkt cap
$846M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
45%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$303,128
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+16.9 pp
WACC 5.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
115 days
1 Mar 2027
Close · CADC$29.22
1D-6.7%
1W-4.2%
1M+11.0%
3M+24.5%
6M+29.8%
YTD+54.6%
1Y+64.7%
ATR %4.6%
52w lowhigh11.4% off high

What Algoma Central does

Employees: 1,705

Algoma Central at a glance

Size Algoma Central (ALC.TO) is a Canada Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $846M, the 268th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$29.22 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 29.8%, against 0.0% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.7%); the operating margin is 34.3% (peer median 25.2%).

Valuation It trades at 13.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.4× (5th most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 16.9 points above its cost of capital (5.2% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ALC.TO 132Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Algoma Central against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Algoma Central financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$888MC$761MC$703MC$721MC$678M
Revenue growth—+8%-2%+6%—
Gross profitn/aC$132MC$114MC$116MC$122M
EBITDAC$403MC$166MC$147MC$141MC$153M
Net incomeC$186MC$143MC$91.6MC$82.9MC$120M
Free cash flown/a-C$124M-C$28.8M-C$9.66MC$45.5M
Capital expendituren/aC$259MC$166MC$119MC$70.9M
Total debtn/aC$536MC$413MC$377MC$403M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Algoma Central competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%GPPLSB2607ODFHSHP0001209119KCCDIS2020GNK6032097786GOTL-A600798MPCC600017ALC.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Algoma Central is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×50×100×150×GPPLSBODFHSHP20207786GOTL-AALC.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Algoma Central is the large dot.

Algoma Central competitors and peer comparison

How Algoma Central compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Algoma Central against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureALC.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.0%-6.0%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+29.8%0.0%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-11.4%-19.0%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+17.6%+20.7%10th lowest of 20
Operating margin34.3%25.2%7th highest of 20
Forward P/E13.6×9.4×5th most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+16.9 pp+0.7 pphighest of 19
EV / EBITDA2.9×7.5×cheapest of 17
Net debt / EBITDA1.2×2.0×7th least indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Algoma Central ALC.TOCanada$846M+30%+18%34%13.6×n/an/a
Gujarat Pipavav Port GPPL.NSIndia$851M+4%+25%52%14.7×16.2%+9.6%
Safe Bulkers SBUnited States$809M+1%+11%33%9.4×3.6%+6.8%
Evergreen International Storage & Transport 2607.TWTaiwan$897M+18%-15%11%n/an/an/a
Odfjell ODF.OLNorway$960M+3%-10%18%6.9×-12.7%+5.6%
Himalaya Shipping HSHP.OLNorway$729M-2%+36%61%7.5×-3.3%+36.0%
Cj Logistics 000120.KSSouth Korea$1.01B-32%+5%4%7.8×-4.0%+2.6%
Iino Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd 9119.TJapan$1.04B-6%+1%11%11.6×n/an/a
Klaveness Combination Carriers KCC.OLNorway$661M0%+21%26%5.8×n/an/a
d'Amico International Shipping DIS.MIItaly$1.09B-3%-15%36%8.0×-7.3%+2.3%
2020 Bulkers 2020.OLNorway$1.10B+20%+256%92%170.2×9.2%+7.3%
Genco Shipping & Trading GNKUnited States$1.13B0%+26%17%10.2×n/an/a
Volare Shipping VLCC.OLNorway$1.17Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Solstad Offshore SOFF.OLNorway$606M+4%+21%31%6.8×3.4%-9.1%
Xingtong Shipping 603209.SSChina$603M-5%+28%25%11.4×n/an/a
Dong Fang Offshore 7786.TWTaiwan$583M-19%+52%19%11.4×n/an/a
Rederiaktiebolaget Gotland GOTL-A.STSweden$582M-16%+42%1%66.5×n/an/a
Capital Clean Energy Carriers CCECUnited States$1.24B+3%+5%50%8.1×n/an/a
Ningbo Marine 600798.SSChina$575M-12%+39%3%n/a-7.5%+3.5%
MPC Container Ships MPCC.OLNorway$1.26B0%-15%37%7.8×-13.3%+27.1%
Rizhao Port 600017.SSChina$1.26B-7%+3%13%17.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Algoma Central's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL.NS), Safe Bulkers (SB), Evergreen International Storage & Transport (2607.TW), Odfjell (ODF.OL), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP.OL), Cj Logistics (000120.KS), Iino Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd (9119.T), Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC.OL).
Is Algoma Central expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.6× against a peer median of 9.4×, 5th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Algoma Central stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +29.8% against 0.0% for the median peer; over one year +64.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.