ISV vs. GDI, KBL, DXT, CGY, DCM, DIV, MAL, BDI, ALC, and CHR
Should you be buying Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services include GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), K-Bro Linen (KBL), Dexterra Group (DXT), Calian Group (CGY), DATA Communications Management (DCM), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Algoma Central (ALC), and Chorus Aviation (CHR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
GDI Integrated Facility Services (TSE:GDI) and Information Services (TSE:ISV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
GDI Integrated Facility Services currently has a consensus price target of C$43.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Information Services has a consensus price target of C$31.15, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Given GDI Integrated Facility Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Information Services is more favorable than GDI Integrated Facility Services.
In the previous week, GDI Integrated Facility Services and GDI Integrated Facility Services both had 3 articles in the media. Information Services' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat GDI Integrated Facility Services' score of 0.28 indicating that GDI Integrated Facility Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Information Services has a net margin of 11.68% compared to Information Services' net margin of 0.78%. GDI Integrated Facility Services' return on equity of 15.44% beat Information Services' return on equity.
GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Information Services has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GDI Integrated Facility Services received 123 more outperform votes than Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.27% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Information Services an outperform vote.
Information Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDI Integrated Facility Services. Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDI Integrated Facility Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Information Services beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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