ADF Group (DRX) Competitors

DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) and ADF Group (TSE:DRX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DCM or DRX?

6.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of ADF Group shares are held by institutional investors. 31.7% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of ADF Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DCM or DRX?

ADF Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADF Group, 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$447.72M	0.39	-C$15.85M	-C$0.31	-10.23
ADF Group	C$294.13M	0.89	C$29.45M	C$0.90	15.94

Do analysts recommend DCM or DRX?

DATA Communications Management currently has a consensus price target of C$6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.27%. Given ADF Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than ADF Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DATA Communications Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ADF Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor DCM or DRX?

In the previous week, ADF Group had 1 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ADF Group and 0 mentions for DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat ADF Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ADF Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DATA Communications Management	Neutral
ADF Group	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, DCM or DRX?

DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.57, meaning that its stock price is 257% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADF Group has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DCM or DRX more profitable?

ADF Group has a net margin of 10.01% compared to ADF Group's net margin of -3.54%. DATA Communications Management's return on equity of 21.20% beat ADF Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DATA Communications Management	-3.54%	-61.44%	6.83%
ADF Group	10.01%	21.20%	9.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DCM or DRX?

DATA Communications Management received 2 more outperform votes than ADF Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.91% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave ADF Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DATA Communications Management	Outperform Votes 82 68.91%	Underperform Votes 37 31.09%
ADF Group	Outperform Votes 80 65.04%	Underperform Votes 43 34.96%

Summary

ADF Group beats DATA Communications Management on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.