DATA Communications Management (DCM) Competitors

DATA Communications Management (TSE:DCM) and K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, DCM or KBL?

DATA Communications Management has a beta of 3.42, meaning that its share price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DCM or KBL?

8.9% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DATA Communications Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DCM or KBL?

In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 2 more articles in the media than DATA Communications Management. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 0 mentions for DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.34 indicating that DATA Communications Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DATA Communications Management	Positive
K-Bro Linen	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DCM or KBL?

K-Bro Linen received 153 more outperform votes than DATA Communications Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.33% of users gave DATA Communications Management an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DATA Communications Management	Outperform Votes 82 68.33%	Underperform Votes 38 31.67%
K-Bro Linen	Outperform Votes 235 66.76%	Underperform Votes 117 33.24%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DCM or KBL?

K-Bro Linen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DATA Communications Management. DATA Communications Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than K-Bro Linen, 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
DATA Communications Management	C$501.49M	0.18	-C$3.54M	-C$0.06	-26.26
K-Bro Linen	C$362.25M	0.96	C$18.80M	C$1.79	18.47

Do analysts rate DCM or KBL?

DATA Communications Management currently has a consensus target price of C$11.00, indicating a potential upside of 574.85%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus target price of C$48.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.45%. Given DATA Communications Management's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DATA Communications Management is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DATA Communications Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
K-Bro Linen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DCM or KBL more profitable?

K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.19% compared to DATA Communications Management's net margin of -0.71%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 10.47% beat DATA Communications Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DATA Communications Management	-0.71%	-9.60%	6.64%
K-Bro Linen	5.19%	10.47%	4.90%

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats DATA Communications Management on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.