DBM vs. WJX, RUS, CGY, HRX, AND, ALC, GDI, BDI, DIV, and ISV
Should you be buying Doman Building Materials Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Doman Building Materials Group include Wajax (WJX), Russel Metals (RUS), Calian Group (CGY), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Algoma Central (ALC), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Diversified Royalty (DIV), and Information Services (ISV). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wajax (TSE:WJX) and Doman Building Materials Group (TSE:DBM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Wajax has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Doman Building Materials Group. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Doman Building Materials Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Doman Building Materials Group received 125 more outperform votes than Wajax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave Doman Building Materials Group an outperform vote while only 50.95% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.
Wajax has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Wajax pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
24.3% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wajax had 10 more articles in the media than Doman Building Materials Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wajax and 3 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Doman Building Materials Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wajax presently has a consensus target price of C$33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.51%. Doman Building Materials Group has a consensus target price of C$10.29, suggesting a potential upside of 28.49%. Given Wajax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Wajax.
Wajax has a net margin of 3.69% compared to Wajax's net margin of 3.04%. Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity of 16.32% beat Wajax's return on equity.
Summary
Doman Building Materials Group beats Wajax on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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