World Kinect (WKC) Competitors

Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) and World Kinect (NYSE:WKC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has better earnings and valuation, INGM or WKC?

Ingram Micro has higher revenue and earnings than World Kinect.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingram Micro	$48.04B	0.11	$352.71M	N/A	N/A
World Kinect	$47.71B	0.04	$52.90M	$2.25	13.73

Is INGM or WKC more profitable?

World Kinect has a net margin of 0.30% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.00%. World Kinect's return on equity of 6.29% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingram Micro	N/A	N/A	N/A
World Kinect	0.30%	6.29%	1.75%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INGM or WKC?

97.1% of World Kinect shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of World Kinect 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.

Do analysts rate INGM or WKC?

Ingram Micro presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. World Kinect has a consensus price target of $29.80, indicating a potential downside of 3.53%. Given Ingram Micro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than World Kinect.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
World Kinect	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Does the media refer more to INGM or WKC?

In the previous week, World Kinect had 1 more articles in the media than Ingram Micro. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for World Kinect and 4 mentions for Ingram Micro. World Kinect's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.43 indicating that World Kinect is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingram Micro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
World Kinect	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INGM or WKC?

Ingram Micro received 9 more outperform votes than World Kinect when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Ingram Micro an outperform vote while only 21.43% of users gave World Kinect an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingram Micro	Outperform Votes 12 63.16%	Underperform Votes 7 36.84%
World Kinect	Outperform Votes 3 21.43%	Underperform Votes 11 78.57%

Summary

Ingram Micro beats World Kinect on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.