DSKE vs. LIND, YELL, SPCE, GHM, MODV, SLDP, QUAD, ESEA, GASS, and PFMT
Should you be buying Daseke stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daseke include Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Yellow (YELL), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Graham (GHM), ModivCare (MODV), Solid Power (SLDP), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Euroseas (ESEA), StealthGas (GASS), and Performant Financial (PFMT).
Daseke (NASDAQ:DSKE) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
71.5% of Daseke shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Daseke shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Daseke has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Daseke is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindblad Expeditions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Daseke received 18 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.75% of users gave Daseke an outperform vote while only 57.57% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 13 more articles in the media than Daseke. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 2 mentions for Daseke. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Daseke's score of 0.00 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Daseke has a net margin of -1.13% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -8.01%. Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity of 0.00% beat Daseke's return on equity.
Daseke currently has a consensus price target of $10.15, suggesting a potential upside of 22.44%. Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 89.54%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Daseke.
Daseke has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.84, meaning that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lindblad Expeditions beats Daseke on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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