IDS vs. WIN, DX, HSP, XPD, RR.L, HLMA, AXON, RTO, JAR, and ITRK
Should you be buying International Distributions Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Distributions Services include Wincanton (WIN), DX (Group) (DX), Hargreaves Services (HSP), Xpediator (XPD), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Halma (HLMA), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Jardine Matheson (JAR), and Intertek Group (ITRK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
International Distributions Services vs. Its Competitors
International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) and Wincanton (LON:WIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Distributions Services has higher revenue and earnings than Wincanton. Wincanton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Distributions Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.6% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Wincanton shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Wincanton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wincanton had 1 more articles in the media than International Distributions Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Wincanton and 1 mentions for International Distributions Services. Wincanton's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat International Distributions Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Wincanton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wincanton has a net margin of 1.85% compared to International Distributions Services' net margin of 0.43%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat International Distributions Services' return on equity.
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.
International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. International Distributions Services pays out 35.4% 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.
Summary
Wincanton beats International Distributions Services on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:IDS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
