DRT vs. DCM, FTG, GRID, BUI, DRX, NPS, LEV, KBL, DXT, and CHR
Should you be buying DIRTT Environmental Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DIRTT Environmental Solutions include DATA Communications Management (DCM), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Tantalus Systems (GRID), Buhler Industries (BUI), ADF Group (DRX), Canadian Large Cap Leaders Spli (NPS), Lion Electric (LEV), K-Bro Linen (KBL), Dexterra Group (DXT), and Chorus Aviation (CHR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) and DIRTT Environmental Solutions (TSE:DRT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DIRTT Environmental Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DATA Communications Management currently has a consensus target price of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.31%. Given DIRTT Environmental Solutions' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than DIRTT Environmental Solutions.
DATA Communications Management has a net margin of -3.54% compared to DATA Communications Management's net margin of -8.02%. DIRTT Environmental Solutions' return on equity of -61.44% beat DATA Communications Management's return on equity.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions received 239 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.89% of users gave DIRTT Environmental Solutions an outperform vote while only 68.91% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DIRTT Environmental Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DIRTT Environmental Solutions and 2 mentions for DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat DIRTT Environmental Solutions' score of 0.20 indicating that DIRTT Environmental Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.55, meaning that its stock price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DIRTT Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DIRTT Environmental Solutions beats DATA Communications Management on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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