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DATA Communications Management (DCM) Competitors

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C$1.84 +0.04 (+2.22%)
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DCM vs. KBL, KUT, TRI, RBA, GDI, DXT, CGY, ISV, PMTS, and HYG

Should you be buying DATA Communications Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DATA Communications Management include K-Bro Linen (KBL), RediShred Capital (KUT), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Dexterra Group (DXT), Calian Group (CGY), Information Services (ISV), CPI Card Group (PMTS), and Hydrogenics (HYG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

DATA Communications Management vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DATA Communications ManagementC$501.49M0.21-C$3.54M-C$0.06-29.65
K-Bro LinenC$362.25M1.01C$18.80MC$1.7919.53

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%

DATA Communications Management presently has a consensus target price of C$7.38, suggesting a potential upside of 300.82%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus target price of C$50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.27%. Given DATA Communications Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
K-Bro Linen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 2 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 1 mentions for DATA Communications Management. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat DATA Communications Management's score of 0.75 indicating that K-Bro Linen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats DATA Communications Management on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DCM vs. The Competition

MetricDATA Communications ManagementSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$103.38MC$6.75BC$7.45BC$6.15B
Dividend Yield18.75%4.93%4.56%6.72%
P/E Ratio-29.6532.8724.5649.44
Price / Sales0.21141.37110.971,104.40
Price / Cash32.9540.5426.5383.29
Price / Book2.587.884.334.72
Net Income-C$3.54MC$144.67MC$790.28MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.79%1.63%2.55%1.15%
1 Month Performance1.66%3.69%4.53%4.92%
1 Year Performance-32.60%55.51%30.47%26.45%

DATA Communications Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DCM
DATA Communications Management
1.3739 of 5 stars
C$1.84
+2.2%
C$7.38
+300.8%
-34.1%C$103.38MC$501.49M-29.651,800
KBL
K-Bro Linen
2.9962 of 5 stars
C$34.97
+1.8%
C$50.00
+43.0%
+8.6%C$366.94MC$362.25M19.573,050High Trading Volume
KUT
RediShred Capital
N/AC$4.96
+0.2%
C$5.50
+10.9%
+55.0%C$91.31MC$70.18M129.73N/A
TRI
Thomson Reuters
0.8918 of 5 stars
C$271.13
+0.8%
C$252.40
-6.9%
+17.6%C$85.65BC$4.59B40.8324,400
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$145.38
+1.5%
N/A+38.8%C$18.78BC$2.06B63.874,200
GDI
GDI Integrated Facility Services
N/AC$31.65
+1.1%
C$43.50
+37.4%
-2.4%C$754.36MC$2.58B50.166,600
DXT
Dexterra Group
1.3619 of 5 stars
C$9.02
+0.9%
C$9.50
+5.3%
+72.1%C$574.03MC$1.02B45.929,000
CGY
Calian Group
2.5769 of 5 stars
C$46.40
+1.3%
C$63.43
+36.7%
-12.8%C$550.81MC$748.67M49.684,400
ISV
Information Services
1.1061 of 5 stars
N/AC$32.50
+∞
N/AC$502.23MC$250.54M23.92545
PMTS
CPI Card Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$387.86MC$349.15M14.411,150
HYG
Hydrogenics
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$372.70MC$36.68M-23.77187

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