DND vs. CMG, TCS, ENGH, DCBO, LSPD, HPS.A, ET, SFTC, CTS, and TIXT
Should you be buying Dye & Durham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dye & Durham include Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A), Evertz Technologies (ET), Softchoice (SFTC), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), and TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Dye & Durham (TSE:DND) and Computer Modelling Group (TSE:CMG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
Computer Modelling Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dye & Durham. Dye & Durham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computer Modelling Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dye & Durham had 3 more articles in the media than Computer Modelling Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dye & Durham and 2 mentions for Computer Modelling Group. Dye & Durham's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Computer Modelling Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Dye & Durham is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Computer Modelling Group received 163 more outperform votes than Dye & Durham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.15% of users gave Computer Modelling Group an outperform vote while only 50.59% of users gave Dye & Durham an outperform vote.
Dye & Durham pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Computer Modelling Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Dye & Durham pays out -2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Computer Modelling Group pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
46.0% of Dye & Durham shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Computer Modelling Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Dye & Durham shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Computer Modelling Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Computer Modelling Group has a net margin of 25.10% compared to Dye & Durham's net margin of -37.99%. Computer Modelling Group's return on equity of 42.70% beat Dye & Durham's return on equity.
Dye & Durham currently has a consensus price target of C$21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 50.55%. Computer Modelling Group has a consensus price target of C$10.83, suggesting a potential downside of 3.01%. Given Dye & Durham's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dye & Durham is more favorable than Computer Modelling Group.
Dye & Durham has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computer Modelling Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Computer Modelling Group beats Dye & Durham on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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