KBL vs. GDI, CGY, DXT, ISV, DCM, KUT, TRI, RBA, SIS, and BDT
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), Calian Group (CGY), Dexterra Group (DXT), Information Services (ISV), DATA Communications Management (DCM), RediShred Capital (KUT), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), Savaria (SIS), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
K-Bro Linen vs.
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
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.
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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
GDI Integrated Facility Services presently has a consensus target price of C$43.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.71%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus target price of C$48.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.54%. Given K-Bro Linen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe K-Bro Linen is more favorable than GDI Integrated Facility Services.
In the previous week, GDI Integrated Facility Services had 4 more articles in the media than K-Bro Linen. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services and 1 mentions for K-Bro Linen. GDI Integrated Facility Services' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.00 indicating that GDI Integrated Facility Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GDI Integrated Facility Services received 19 more outperform votes than K-Bro Linen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote while only 64.47% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote.
Summary
K-Bro Linen beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:KBL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
