DATA Communications Management (DCM) Competitors

C$3.27
+0.09 (+2.83%)
(As of 05/13/2024 ET)

DCM vs. KBL, DXT, ISV, GDI, CGY, DRT, FTG, GRID, DRX, and BUI

Should you be buying DATA Communications Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DATA Communications Management include K-Bro Linen (KBL), Dexterra Group (DXT), Information Services (ISV), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Calian Group (CGY), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Tantalus Systems (GRID), ADF Group (DRX), and Buhler Industries (BUI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

DATA Communications Management vs.

K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) and DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

K-Bro Linen received 151 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.91% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
K-Bro LinenOutperform Votes
233
67.15%
Underperform Votes
114
32.85%
DATA Communications ManagementOutperform Votes
82
68.91%
Underperform Votes
37
31.09%

K-Bro Linen currently has a consensus target price of C$42.88, suggesting a potential upside of 21.87%. DATA Communications Management has a consensus target price of C$6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.87%. Given K-Bro Linen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
K-Bro Linen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
DATA Communications Management
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.55, suggesting that its share price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500.

K-Bro Linen has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K-Bro Linen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
K-Bro LinenC$330.33M1.11C$17.41MC$1.6221.72
DATA Communications ManagementC$447.72M0.39-C$15.85M-C$0.31-10.35

K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.27% compared to K-Bro Linen's net margin of -3.54%. DATA Communications Management's return on equity of 9.90% beat K-Bro Linen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
K-Bro Linen5.27% 9.90% 5.28%
DATA Communications Management -3.54%-61.44%6.83%

In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 22 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 2 mentions for DATA Communications Management. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat DATA Communications Management's score of -0.04 indicating that DATA Communications Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
K-Bro Linen
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DATA Communications Management
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

35.9% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats DATA Communications Management on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DCM vs. The Competition

MetricDATA Communications ManagementSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$176.61MC$6.14BC$3.72BC$4.06B
Dividend Yield18.75%4.98%4.18%7.04%
P/E Ratio-10.35791.72402.1823.98
Price / Sales0.39128.29534.811,318.91
Price / Cash32.9536.6828.4373.18
Price / Book6.173.744.233.83
Net Income-C$15.85MC$160.65MC$192.92MC$266.90M
7 Day Performance3.22%1.21%1.15%0.11%
1 Month Performance4.56%2.39%1.54%0.77%
1 Year Performance17.15%101.14%20.26%23.59%

DATA Communications Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBL
K-Bro Linen
1.0604 of 5 stars
C$35.25
+1.0%
C$42.63
+20.9%
+19.7%C$372.95MC$320.88M21.493,050Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
DXT
Dexterra Group
3.6275 of 5 stars
C$5.88
flat
C$7.75
+31.8%
+7.5%C$377.38MC$1.12B14.349,000Upcoming Earnings
ISV
Information Services
2.1497 of 5 stars
C$26.00
+0.9%
C$31.15
+19.8%
+19.1%C$468MC$214.52M18.71545Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GDI
GDI Integrated Facility Services
1.5055 of 5 stars
C$35.50
flat
C$43.33
+22.1%
-16.2%C$521.50MC$2.44B44.946,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CGY
Calian Group
3.4588 of 5 stars
C$55.90
+3.1%
C$76.17
+36.3%
-11.5%C$662.42MC$690.22M33.274,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
DRT
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
0 of 5 stars
C$0.80
+1.3%
N/A+31.6%C$153.17MC$181.93M-4.44922High Trading Volume
FTG
Firan Technology Group
2.7643 of 5 stars
C$5.22
+4.2%
C$7.00
+34.1%
+68.1%C$124.60MC$145.54M14.91450
GRID
Tantalus Systems
0 of 5 stars
C$1.74
-4.4%
C$2.75
+58.0%
+105.1%C$77.60MC$42.15M-34.80126
DRX
ADF Group
0 of 5 stars
C$14.71
-3.1%
N/A+575.6%C$269.19MC$331.02M12.79571
BUI
Buhler Industries
0 of 5 stars
C$2.23
flat
N/A+0.9%C$55.75MC$238.53M7.96813Upcoming Earnings

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This page (TSE:DCM) was last updated on 5/13/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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