Extendicare (EXE) Competitors

Extendicare (TSE:EXE) and dentalcorp (TSE:DNTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is EXE or DNTL more profitable?

Extendicare has a net margin of 4.48% compared to dentalcorp's net margin of -5.40%. Extendicare's return on equity of 64.13% beat dentalcorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Extendicare	4.48%	64.13%	7.16%
dentalcorp	-5.40%	-4.71%	0.77%

Do analysts recommend EXE or DNTL?

Extendicare currently has a consensus price target of C$14.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. dentalcorp has a consensus price target of C$12.82, indicating a potential upside of 57.90%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe dentalcorp is more favorable than Extendicare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Extendicare	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
dentalcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXE or DNTL?

Extendicare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than dentalcorp. dentalcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extendicare, 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
Extendicare	C$1.46B	0.77	C$65.46M	C$0.78	17.07
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	1.02	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-18.88

Does the media refer more to EXE or DNTL?

In the previous week, Extendicare had 8 more articles in the media than dentalcorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Extendicare and 2 mentions for dentalcorp. Extendicare's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat dentalcorp's score of 0.51 indicating that Extendicare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Extendicare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
dentalcorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EXE or DNTL?

19.2% of Extendicare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of dentalcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of Extendicare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of dentalcorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, EXE or DNTL?

Extendicare has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dentalcorp has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Extendicare beats dentalcorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.