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K-Bro Linen (KBL) Competitors

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C$38.50 +0.01 (+0.03%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

KBL vs. CGY, GDI, ISV, DXT, DCM, KUT, TRI, RBA, BDT, and SIS

Should you be buying K-Bro Linen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of K-Bro Linen include Calian Group (CGY), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Information Services (ISV), Dexterra Group (DXT), DATA Communications Management (DCM), RediShred Capital (KUT), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), Bird Construction (BDT), and Savaria (SIS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

K-Bro Linen vs.

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

K-Bro Linen has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Calian Group's net margin of 2.28%. K-Bro Linen's return on equity of 9.76% beat Calian Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calian Group2.28% 5.17% 5.35%
K-Bro Linen 5.03%9.76%4.90%

K-Bro Linen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calian Group. K-Bro Linen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calian Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calian GroupC$741.39M0.74C$16.87MC$1.4232.61
K-Bro LinenC$343.05M1.17C$17.26MC$1.6223.77

K-Bro Linen received 8 more outperform votes than Calian Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave K-Bro Linen an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Calian Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Calian GroupOutperform Votes
225
57.99%
Underperform Votes
163
42.01%
K-Bro LinenOutperform Votes
233
66.57%
Underperform Votes
117
33.43%

45.0% of Calian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Calian Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of K-Bro Linen 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.

Calian Group currently has a consensus price target of C$72.29, indicating a potential upside of 56.09%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus price target of C$46.63, indicating a potential upside of 21.10%. Given Calian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Calian Group is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calian Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14
K-Bro Linen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Calian Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. K-Bro Linen pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Calian Group pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. K-Bro Linen pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. K-Bro Linen is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Calian Group has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Calian Group had 2 more articles in the media than K-Bro Linen. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Calian Group and 2 mentions for K-Bro Linen. Calian Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat K-Bro Linen's score of -0.23 indicating that Calian Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Calian Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
K-Bro Linen
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats Calian Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KBL vs. The Competition

MetricK-Bro LinenSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$402.71MC$6.55BC$4.37BC$6.05B
Dividend Yield3.44%5.08%4.08%5.43%
P/E Ratio23.77967.23370.8226.16
Price / Sales1.17125.69445.741,327.99
Price / Cash181.2537.5728.7882.04
Price / Book2.273.683.283.07
Net IncomeC$17.26MC$178.72MC$189.87MC$294.08M
7 Day Performance1.16%-1.45%-1.12%-2.47%
1 Month Performance4.11%1.99%-0.13%-0.78%
1 Year Performance21.34%84.37%25.47%34.57%

K-Bro Linen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBL
K-Bro Linen
1.4504 of 5 stars
C$38.50
+0.0%
C$46.63
+21.1%
+17.2%C$402.71MC$343.05M23.773,050Insider Trade
CGY
Calian Group
3.2322 of 5 stars
C$47.17
+1.1%
C$72.29
+53.2%
-19.2%C$558.96MC$741.39M32.964,400
GDI
GDI Integrated Facility Services
1.1288 of 5 stars
C$36.57
+0.3%
C$42.75
+16.9%
+1.6%C$539.04MC$2.52B52.846,600News Coverage
ISV
Information Services
1.0776 of 5 stars
C$27.25
-0.9%
C$33.00
+21.1%
+22.1%C$494.04MC$236.35M23.90545
DXT
Dexterra Group
2.0453 of 5 stars
C$7.53
flat
C$7.31
-2.9%
+38.7%C$481.92MC$1.17B16.379,000Gap Down
DCM
DATA Communications Management
0.6341 of 5 stars
C$2.11
-3.2%
C$11.00
+421.3%
-17.8%C$116.70MC$507.69M-21.401,800
KUT
RediShred Capital
0.7763 of 5 stars
C$4.90
flat
C$5.50
+12.2%
+51.6%C$89.72MC$67.31M37.69N/AHigh Trading Volume
TRI
Thomson Reuters
1.6482 of 5 stars
C$238.06
-0.6%
C$197.50
-17.0%
+23.6%C$107.06BC$7.03B33.7724,400
RBA
RB Global
0.8758 of 5 stars
C$135.34
+0.2%
C$76.00
-43.8%
+51.6%C$24.94BC$4.22B54.914,200
BDT
Bird Construction
3.2984 of 5 stars
C$27.49
-0.2%
C$33.00
+20.0%
+78.1%C$1.52BC$3.14B17.665,000
SIS
Savaria
2.5185 of 5 stars
C$20.44
-1.1%
C$25.50
+24.8%
+35.6%C$1.45BC$857.72M31.782,400

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This page (TSE:KBL) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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