DSGR vs. MEG, AVPT, GDS, GOTU, IAS, HURN, OPEN, NVEE, SCS, and GEO
Should you be buying Distribution Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distribution Solutions Group include Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), AvePoint (AVPT), GDS (GDS), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Integral Ad Science (IAS), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), NV5 Global (NVEE), Steelcase (SCS), and The GEO Group (GEO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) and Distribution Solutions Group (NASDAQ:DSGR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Distribution Solutions Group has a net margin of -1.23% compared to Distribution Solutions Group's net margin of -4.55%. Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity of 6.21% beat Distribution Solutions Group's return on equity.
Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Distribution Solutions Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Distribution Solutions Group has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Distribution Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montrose Environmental Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Montrose Environmental Group currently has a consensus target price of $46.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Distribution Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.23%. Given Montrose Environmental Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Distribution Solutions Group is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Montrose Environmental Group received 202 more outperform votes than Distribution Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.42% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Distribution Solutions Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Montrose Environmental Group had 1 more articles in the media than Distribution Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group and 4 mentions for Distribution Solutions Group. Montrose Environmental Group's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Distribution Solutions Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Distribution Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Distribution Solutions Group beats Montrose Environmental Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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