DSGR vs. KAMN, TITN, HDSN, WLFC, ASLE, UGRO, AIT, SPXC, KD, and KVYO
Should you be buying Distribution Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Distribution Solutions Group include Kaman (KAMN), Titan Machinery (TITN), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), AerSale (ASLE), urban-gro (UGRO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Kyndryl (KD), and Klaviyo (KVYO).
Distribution Solutions Group (NASDAQ:DSGR) and Kaman (NYSE:KAMN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Distribution Solutions Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaman has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Distribution Solutions Group had 7 more articles in the media than Kaman. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Distribution Solutions Group and 0 mentions for Kaman. Distribution Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Kaman's score of 0.00 indicating that Distribution Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Kaman shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Kaman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Distribution Solutions Group currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.83%. Given Distribution Solutions Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Distribution Solutions Group is more favorable than Kaman.
Kaman received 267 more outperform votes than Distribution Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.37% of users gave Kaman an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Distribution Solutions Group an outperform vote.
Kaman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Distribution Solutions Group. Distribution Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kaman has a net margin of 1.12% compared to Distribution Solutions Group's net margin of -1.23%. Distribution Solutions Group's return on equity of 6.21% beat Kaman's return on equity.
Summary
Distribution Solutions Group beats Kaman on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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