Extendicare (EXE) Competitors

dentalcorp (TSE:DNTL) and Extendicare (TSE:EXE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, DNTL or EXE?

Extendicare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than dentalcorp. dentalcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extendicare, 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
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	1.03	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-19.02
Extendicare	C$1.46B	0.74	C$65.46M	C$0.78	16.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DNTL or EXE?

Extendicare received 116 more outperform votes than dentalcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave dentalcorp an outperform vote while only 47.34% of users gave Extendicare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
dentalcorp	Outperform Votes 35 64.81%	Underperform Votes 19 35.19%
Extendicare	Outperform Votes 151 47.34%	Underperform Votes 168 52.66%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DNTL or EXE?

50.3% of dentalcorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Extendicare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of dentalcorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Extendicare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DNTL or EXE more profitable?

Extendicare has a net margin of 4.48% compared to dentalcorp's net margin of -5.40%. Extendicare's return on equity of 64.13% beat dentalcorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
dentalcorp	-5.40%	-4.71%	0.77%
Extendicare	4.48%	64.13%	7.16%

Does the media prefer DNTL or EXE?

In the previous week, dentalcorp had 7 more articles in the media than Extendicare. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for dentalcorp and 3 mentions for Extendicare. dentalcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Extendicare's score of 0.28 indicating that dentalcorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
dentalcorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Extendicare	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate DNTL or EXE?

dentalcorp presently has a consensus target price of C$12.22, indicating a potential upside of 49.42%. Extendicare has a consensus target price of C$12.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.99%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe dentalcorp is more favorable than Extendicare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
dentalcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Extendicare	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, DNTL or EXE?

dentalcorp has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extendicare has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

dentalcorp beats Extendicare on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.