GDI vs. ISV, CGY, DXT, KBL, DCM, BDI, DIV, ALC, WJX, and MAL
Should you be buying GDI Integrated Facility Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GDI Integrated Facility Services include Information Services (ISV), Calian Group (CGY), Dexterra Group (DXT), K-Bro Linen (KBL), DATA Communications Management (DCM), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Algoma Central (ALC), Wajax (WJX), and Magellan Aerospace (MAL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Information Services (TSE:ISV) and GDI Integrated Facility Services (TSE:GDI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Information Services had 13 more articles in the media than GDI Integrated Facility Services. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Information Services and 7 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services. GDI Integrated Facility Services' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Information Services' score of -1.03 indicating that Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Information Services currently has a consensus price target of C$31.15, suggesting a potential upside of 22.11%. GDI Integrated Facility Services has a consensus price target of C$43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Given GDI Integrated Facility Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Information Services is more favorable than GDI Integrated Facility Services.
GDI Integrated Facility Services received 124 more outperform votes than Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Information Services an outperform vote.
31.2% of Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Information Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Information Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GDI Integrated Facility Services. Information Services 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.
Information Services has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Information Services has a net margin of 11.68% compared to Information Services' net margin of 0.78%. GDI Integrated Facility Services' return on equity of 15.44% beat Information Services' return on equity.
Summary
Information Services beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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