SYZ vs. DND, CMG, TCS, BLN, ESP, OSS, ILA, MVP, IMP, and PFM
Should you be buying Sylogist stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylogist include Dye & Durham (DND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Blackline Safety (BLN), Brompton Energy Split (ESP), OneSoft Solutions (OSS), iLOOKABOUT Corp. (ILA.V) (ILA), MediaValet (MVP), Intermap Technologies (IMP), and TrueContext (PFM). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Sylogist vs.
Sylogist (TSE:SYZ) and Dye & Durham (TSE:DND) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Dye & Durham received 40 more outperform votes than Sylogist when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.82% of users gave Sylogist an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Dye & Durham an outperform vote.
Sylogist pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dye & Durham pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sylogist pays out 88.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dye & Durham pays out -3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dye & Durham is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
27.4% of Sylogist shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Dye & Durham shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sylogist shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Dye & Durham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sylogist has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Dye & Durham's net margin of -37.25%. Sylogist's return on equity of 2.80% beat Dye & Durham's return on equity.
Sylogist currently has a consensus target price of C$13.08, suggesting a potential upside of 50.38%. Dye & Durham has a consensus target price of C$21.64, suggesting a potential upside of 144.83%. Given Dye & Durham's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dye & Durham is more favorable than Sylogist.
In the previous week, Dye & Durham had 13 more articles in the media than Sylogist. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Dye & Durham and 0 mentions for Sylogist. Dye & Durham's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Sylogist's score of 0.00 indicating that Dye & Durham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sylogist has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dye & Durham has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sylogist has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dye & Durham. Dye & Durham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylogist, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dye & Durham beats Sylogist on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SYZ) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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