International Distributions Services (IDS) Competitors

International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) and Wincanton (LON:WIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, IDS or WIN?

International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IDS or WIN?

Wincanton received 365 more outperform votes than International Distributions Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.09% of users gave Wincanton an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave International Distributions Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Distributions Services	Outperform Votes 2 11.11%	Underperform Votes 16 88.89%
Wincanton	Outperform Votes 367 79.09%	Underperform Votes 97 20.91%

Is IDS or WIN a better dividend stock?

International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. International Distributions Services pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wincanton pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Distributions Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IDS or WIN?

International Distributions Services has higher revenue and earnings than Wincanton. Wincanton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Distributions Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
International Distributions Services	£12.69B	0.28	£54.04M	£5.64	64.80
Wincanton	£1.40B	0.00	£25.90M	£0.21	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IDS or WIN?

78.6% of International Distributions Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Wincanton shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of International Distributions Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Wincanton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IDS or WIN more profitable?

Wincanton has a net margin of 1.85% compared to International Distributions Services' net margin of 0.43%. Wincanton's return on equity of 51.39% beat International Distributions Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Distributions Services	0.43%	1.64%	1.97%
Wincanton	1.85%	51.39%	6.38%

Does the media favor IDS or WIN?

In the previous week, Wincanton had 4 more articles in the media than International Distributions Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wincanton and 0 mentions for International Distributions Services. International Distributions Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wincanton's score of -0.19 indicating that International Distributions Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
International Distributions Services	Neutral
Wincanton	Neutral

Summary

International Distributions Services and Wincanton tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.