DSG vs. JWEL, REAL, FL, GPS, SWY, CST, HVT, LL, ATV, and TLB
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), Real Matters (REAL), Frontier Lithium (FL), BSM Technologies (GPS), Stornoway Diamond (SWY), CO2 Solutions (CST), Harvest One Cannabis (HVT), Canada Rare Earth (LL), Big Ridge Gold Corp. (ATV.V) (ATV), and TearLab (TLB). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) and The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
57.6% of Jamieson Wellness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Jamieson Wellness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jamieson Wellness and Jamieson Wellness both had 2 articles in the media. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Jamieson Wellness' score of 0.75 indicating that Jamieson Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Descartes Systems Group received 135 more outperform votes than Jamieson Wellness when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.38% of users gave Jamieson Wellness an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jamieson Wellness. Jamieson Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 5.50%. Jamieson Wellness' return on equity of 9.92% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
Jamieson Wellness currently has a consensus target price of C$34.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of C$89.67, suggesting a potential downside of 35.47%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Jamieson Wellness is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats Jamieson Wellness on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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