DCM vs. KBL, DXT, ISV, GDI, CGY, DRT, FTG, GRID, DRX, and BUI
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), Dexterra Group (DXT), Information Services (ISV), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Calian Group (CGY), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Tantalus Systems (GRID), ADF Group (DRX), and Buhler Industries (BUI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.55, indicating that its share price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
K-Bro Linen received 151 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.91% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote.
6.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DATA Communications Management presently has a consensus target price of C$6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.68%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus target price of C$42.88, suggesting a potential upside of 20.98%. Given DATA Communications Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.
K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.27% compared to DATA Communications Management's net margin of -3.54%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 9.90% beat DATA Communications Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 18 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 2 mentions for DATA Communications Management. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat DATA Communications Management's score of 0.20 indicating that K-Bro Linen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
K-Bro Linen beats DATA Communications Management on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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