KBL vs. DXT, ISV, GDI, DCM, CGY, CHR, LEV, NPS, MAL, and DRX
Should you be buying K-Bro Linen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of K-Bro Linen include Dexterra Group (DXT), Information Services (ISV), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), DATA Communications Management (DCM), Calian Group (CGY), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Lion Electric (LEV), Canadian Large Cap Leaders Spli (NPS), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), and ADF Group (DRX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) and Dexterra Group (TSE:DXT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Dexterra Group has higher revenue and earnings than K-Bro Linen. Dexterra Group 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.
In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 4 more articles in the media than Dexterra Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 1 mentions for Dexterra Group. Dexterra Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.41 indicating that Dexterra Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dexterra Group received 261 more outperform votes than K-Bro Linen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Dexterra Group an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote.
K-Bro Linen pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Dexterra Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. K-Bro Linen pays out 73.2% 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.
31.5% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Dexterra Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of Dexterra Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.49% compared to Dexterra Group's net margin of 2.38%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 10.03% beat Dexterra Group's return on equity.
K-Bro Linen currently has a consensus price target of C$41.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.22%. Dexterra Group has a consensus price target of C$7.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Dexterra Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dexterra Group is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.
K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dexterra Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
K-Bro Linen and Dexterra Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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