ISV vs. DXT, GDI, KBL, CGY, DCM, DIV, MAL, CHR, BDI, and ALC
Should you be buying Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services include Dexterra Group (DXT), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), K-Bro Linen (KBL), Calian Group (CGY), DATA Communications Management (DCM), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Black Diamond Group (BDI), and Algoma Central (ALC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Dexterra Group (TSE:DXT) and Information Services (TSE:ISV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Dexterra Group currently has a consensus price target of C$7.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.36%. Information Services has a consensus price target of C$31.15, indicating a potential upside of 20.74%. Given Information Services' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dexterra Group is more favorable than Information Services.
Dexterra Group has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services. Dexterra Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Information Services has a net margin of 11.68% compared to Information Services' net margin of 2.38%. Dexterra Group's return on equity of 15.44% beat Information Services' return on equity.
Dexterra Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Information Services has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dexterra Group received 365 more outperform votes than Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Dexterra Group an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Information Services an outperform vote.
Dexterra Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Information Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dexterra Group pays out 85.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Information Services pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
17.7% of Dexterra Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of Dexterra Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Information Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Information Services had 1 more articles in the media than Dexterra Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Information Services and 1 mentions for Dexterra Group. Dexterra Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Information Services' score of 0.59 indicating that Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Information Services beats Dexterra Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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