K-Bro Linen (KBL) Competitors

GDI Integrated Facility Services (TSE:GDI) and K-Bro Linen (TSE:KBL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GDI or KBL?

K-Bro Linen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDI Integrated Facility Services. K-Bro Linen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDI Integrated Facility Services, 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
GDI Integrated Facility Services	C$2.58B	0.29	C$15.23M	C$0.63	49.77
K-Bro Linen	C$362.25M	1.03	C$18.80M	C$1.79	19.99

Which has more volatility & risk, GDI or KBL?

GDI Integrated Facility Services has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GDI or KBL?

43.1% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by 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.

Does the media refer more to GDI or KBL?

In the previous week, GDI Integrated Facility Services had 1 more articles in the media than K-Bro Linen. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services and 0 mentions for K-Bro Linen. GDI Integrated Facility Services' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat K-Bro Linen's score of 0.00 indicating that GDI Integrated Facility Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GDI Integrated Facility Services	Positive
K-Bro Linen	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GDI or KBL?

GDI Integrated Facility Services presently has a consensus price target of C$43.42, indicating a potential upside of 38.27%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus price target of C$48.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.38%. Given GDI Integrated Facility Services' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe GDI Integrated Facility Services is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GDI Integrated Facility Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
K-Bro Linen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GDI or KBL more profitable?

K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.19% compared to GDI Integrated Facility Services' net margin of 0.59%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 10.47% beat GDI Integrated Facility Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GDI Integrated Facility Services	0.59%	3.26%	2.26%
K-Bro Linen	5.19%	10.47%	4.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDI or KBL?

GDI Integrated Facility Services received 18 more outperform votes than K-Bro Linen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote while only 64.54% of users gave GDI Integrated Facility Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GDI Integrated Facility Services	Outperform Votes 253 64.54%	Underperform Votes 139 35.46%
K-Bro Linen	Outperform Votes 235 66.76%	Underperform Votes 117 33.24%

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.