KBL vs. GDI, DXT, ISV, CGY, DCM, KUT, TRI, RBA, BAD, and SIS
Should you be buying K-Bro Linen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of K-Bro Linen include GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Dexterra Group (DXT), Information Services (ISV), Calian Group (CGY), DATA Communications Management (DCM), RediShred Capital (KUT), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), Badger Daylighting (BAD), and Savaria (SIS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
K-Bro Linen vs. Its Competitors
GDI Integrated Facility Services (TSE:GDI) and K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
GDI Integrated Facility Services received 18 more outperform votes than K-Bro Linen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote while only 64.47% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 2 more articles in the media than GDI Integrated Facility Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 1 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services. GDI Integrated Facility Services' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.34 indicating that GDI Integrated Facility Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.19% compared to GDI Integrated Facility Services' net margin of 0.59%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 10.47% beat GDI Integrated Facility Services' return on equity.
43.1% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
K-Bro Linen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDI Integrated Facility Services. K-Bro Linen 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.
GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GDI Integrated Facility Services currently has a consensus price target of C$43.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.32%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus price target of C$48.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.10%. Given GDI Integrated Facility Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GDI Integrated Facility Services is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.
Summary
K-Bro Linen beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:KBL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
