DND vs. CMG, TCS, ENGH, DCBO, LSPD, ET, SFTC, CTS, TIXT, and HPS.A
Should you be buying Dye & Durham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dye & Durham include Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Evertz Technologies (ET), Softchoice (SFTC), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), and Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Computer Modelling Group (TSE:CMG) and Dye & Durham (TSE:DND) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Computer Modelling Group had 4 more articles in the media than Dye & Durham. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Computer Modelling Group and 0 mentions for Dye & Durham. Dye & Durham's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Computer Modelling Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Computer Modelling Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.0% of Computer Modelling Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Computer Modelling Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Computer Modelling Group presently has a consensus price target of C$10.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Dye & Durham has a consensus price target of C$21.17, indicating a potential upside of 45.78%. Given Computer Modelling Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dye & Durham is more favorable than Computer Modelling Group.
Computer Modelling Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dye & Durham has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Computer Modelling Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dye & Durham. Dye & Durham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computer Modelling Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Computer Modelling Group has a net margin of 25.10% compared to Computer Modelling Group's net margin of -37.99%. Dye & Durham's return on equity of 42.70% beat Computer Modelling Group's return on equity.
Computer Modelling Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Dye & Durham pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Computer Modelling Group pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dye & Durham pays out -2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Computer Modelling Group received 163 more outperform votes than Dye & Durham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.15% of users gave Computer Modelling Group an outperform vote while only 50.59% of users gave Dye & Durham an outperform vote.
Summary
Computer Modelling Group beats Dye & Durham on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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