KBL vs. GDI, ISV, CGY, DXT, DCM, KUT, TRI, RBA, WTE, 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), Information Services (ISV), Calian Group (CGY), Dexterra Group (DXT), DATA Communications Management (DCM), RediShred Capital (KUT), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), and Savaria (SIS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) and GDI Integrated Facility Services (TSE:GDI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.5% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GDI Integrated Facility Services received 18 more outperform votes than K-Bro Linen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.95% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote.
K-Bro Linen has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$46.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.10%. GDI Integrated Facility Services has a consensus price target of C$42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.65%. Given K-Bro Linen's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe K-Bro Linen is more favorable than GDI Integrated Facility Services.
K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.03% compared to GDI Integrated Facility Services' net margin of 0.63%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 9.76% beat GDI Integrated Facility Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 1 more articles in the media than GDI Integrated Facility Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 0 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GDI Integrated Facility Services'average media sentiment score.
Summary
K-Bro Linen beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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