DATA Communications Management (DCM) Competitors

DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) and K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DCM or KBL?

K-Bro Linen received 153 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.33% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DATA Communications Management	Outperform Votes 82 68.33%	Underperform Votes 38 31.67%
K-Bro Linen	Outperform Votes 235 66.76%	Underperform Votes 117 33.24%

Is DCM or KBL more profitable?

K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.19% compared to DATA Communications Management's net margin of -0.71%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 10.47% beat DATA Communications Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DATA Communications Management	-0.71%	-9.60%	6.64%
K-Bro Linen	5.19%	10.47%	4.90%

Do analysts prefer DCM or KBL?

DATA Communications Management currently has a consensus target price of C$11.00, indicating a potential upside of 501.09%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus target price of C$48.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.54%. Given DATA Communications Management's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DATA Communications Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
K-Bro Linen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor DCM or KBL?

In the previous week, DATA Communications Management had 8 more articles in the media than K-Bro Linen. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DATA Communications Management and 1 mentions for K-Bro Linen. DATA Communications Management's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.00 indicating that DATA Communications Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DATA Communications Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
K-Bro Linen	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DCM or KBL?

8.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DCM or KBL?

K-Bro Linen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K-Bro Linen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DATA Communications Management	C$501.49M	0.21	-C$3.54M	-C$0.06	-29.48
K-Bro Linen	C$362.25M	1.01	C$18.80M	C$1.79	19.53

Which has more risk and volatility, DCM or KBL?

DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.42, meaning that its stock price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats DATA Communications Management on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.