DRT vs. DCM, FTG, GRID, BUI, DRX, NPS, LEV, KBL, DXT, and CHR
Should you be buying DIRTT Environmental Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DIRTT Environmental Solutions include DATA Communications Management (DCM), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Tantalus Systems (GRID), Buhler Industries (BUI), ADF Group (DRX), Canadian Large Cap Leaders Spli (NPS), Lion Electric (LEV), K-Bro Linen (KBL), Dexterra Group (DXT), and Chorus Aviation (CHR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions (TSE:DRT) and DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DIRTT Environmental Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DATA Communications Management has a net margin of -3.54% compared to DIRTT Environmental Solutions' net margin of -8.02%. DATA Communications Management's return on equity of -61.44% beat DIRTT Environmental Solutions' return on equity.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions received 239 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.89% of users gave DIRTT Environmental Solutions an outperform vote while only 68.91% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote.
DATA Communications Management has a consensus price target of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.48%. Given DATA Communications Management's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than DIRTT Environmental Solutions.
30.7% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of DATA Communications Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, DIRTT Environmental Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DIRTT Environmental Solutions and 3 mentions for DATA Communications Management. DIRTT Environmental Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat DATA Communications Management's score of 0.00 indicating that DIRTT Environmental Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.55, indicating that its share price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DIRTT Environmental Solutions beats DATA Communications Management on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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