IDS vs. WIN, BAB, ROR, WIZZ, QQ, BBY, SRP, GFTU, DATA, and RHIM
Should you be buying International Distributions Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Distributions Services include Wincanton (WIN), Babcock International Group (BAB), Rotork (ROR), Wizz Air (WIZZ), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Serco Group (SRP), Grafton Group (GFTU), GlobalData (DATA), and RHI Magnesita (RHIM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wincanton (LON:WIN) and International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Wincanton has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Wincanton's net margin of -8.37%. International Distributions Services' return on equity of 51.39% beat Wincanton's return on equity.
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.
Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 -1,904.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Distributions Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
73.9% of Wincanton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of International Distributions Services shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of International Distributions Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wincanton has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Distributions Services. International Distributions Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wincanton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wincanton presently has a consensus price target of GBX 365, suggesting a potential downside of 39.67%. International Distributions Services has a consensus price target of GBX 277.67, suggesting a potential downside of 13.23%. Given Wincanton's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe International Distributions Services is more favorable than Wincanton.
In the previous week, International Distributions Services had 12 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for International Distributions Services and 2 mentions for Wincanton. Wincanton's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat International Distributions Services' score of 0.04 indicating that International Distributions Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wincanton beats International Distributions Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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