ISV vs. DXT, GDI, KBL, CGY, DCM, DIV, MAL, CHR, BDI, and ALC
Should you be buying Information Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services include Dexterra Group (DXT), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), K-Bro Linen (KBL), Calian Group (CGY), DATA Communications Management (DCM), Diversified Royalty (DIV), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Black Diamond Group (BDI), and Algoma Central (ALC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Information Services (TSE:ISV) and Dexterra Group (TSE:DXT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
33.0% of Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Dexterra Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.2% of Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of Dexterra Group shares are held by company 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.
Information Services currently has a consensus target price of C$31.15, suggesting a potential upside of 17.06%. Dexterra Group has a consensus target price of C$7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.48%. Given Dexterra Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dexterra Group is more favorable than Information Services.
Information Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dexterra Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Information Services pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dexterra Group pays out 85.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Dexterra Group received 365 more outperform votes than Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Dexterra Group an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave Information Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Information Services had 1 more articles in the media than Dexterra Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Information Services and 1 mentions for Dexterra Group. Information Services' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Dexterra Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Information Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Information Services has a net margin of 11.68% compared to Dexterra Group's net margin of 2.38%. Information Services' return on equity of 15.44% beat Dexterra Group's return on equity.
Information Services has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dexterra Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dexterra Group has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services. Dexterra Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Information Services beats Dexterra Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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