IDS vs. WIN, DX, HSP, XPD, RR.L, HLMA, RTO, AXON, ITRK, and MRO
Should you be buying International Distributions Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Distributions Services include Wincanton (WIN), DX (Group) (DX), Hargreaves Services (HSP), Xpediator (XPD), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Halma (HLMA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Intertek Group (ITRK), and Melrose Industries (MRO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
International Distributions Services vs.
Wincanton (LON:WIN) and International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, International Distributions Services had 7 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for International Distributions Services and 1 mentions for Wincanton. International Distributions Services' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Wincanton's score of 0.39 indicating that International Distributions Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Distributions Services has a consensus target price of GBX 268, indicating a potential downside of 26.49%. Given Wincanton's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wincanton is more favorable than International Distributions Services.
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.
Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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 pays out 3,333.3% 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.
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.
73.9% of Wincanton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of International Distributions Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Distributions Services beats Wincanton on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IDS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff