IDS vs. WIN, BAB, ROR, WIZZ, QQ, BBY, SRP, GFTU, DATA, and RHIM
Should you be buying International Distributions Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Distributions Services include Wincanton (WIN), Babcock International Group (BAB), Rotork (ROR), Wizz Air (WIZZ), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Serco Group (SRP), Grafton Group (GFTU), GlobalData (DATA), and RHI Magnesita (RHIM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) and Wincanton (LON:WIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, International Distributions Services had 3 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for International Distributions Services and 3 mentions for Wincanton. International Distributions Services' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Wincanton's score of 0.21 indicating that International Distributions Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wincanton has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Distributions Services. International Distributions Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wincanton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.1% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Wincanton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Wincanton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wincanton has a net margin of 1.85% compared to International Distributions Services' net margin of -8.37%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat International Distributions Services' return on equity.
International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Distributions Services currently has a consensus target price of GBX 277.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. Wincanton has a consensus target price of GBX 365, indicating a potential downside of 39.67%. Given International Distributions Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe International Distributions Services is more favorable than Wincanton.
International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. International Distributions Services pays out -1,904.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wincanton pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Distributions Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wincanton received 365 more outperform votes than International Distributions Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.09% of users gave Wincanton an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave International Distributions Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Wincanton beats International Distributions Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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