K-Bro Linen (KBL) Competitors

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

Is KBL or GDI 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
K-Bro Linen	5.19%	10.47%	4.90%
GDI Integrated Facility Services	0.59%	3.26%	2.26%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KBL or GDI?

34.4% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of K-Bro Linen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of GDI Integrated Facility Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KBL or GDI?

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

Do analysts rate KBL or GDI?

K-Bro Linen presently has a consensus target price of C$48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.19%. GDI Integrated Facility Services has a consensus target price of C$43.42, suggesting a potential upside of 41.19%. Given GDI Integrated Facility Services' higher probable upside, 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
K-Bro Linen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GDI Integrated Facility Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility and risk, KBL or GDI?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KBL or GDI?

K-Bro Linen has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
K-Bro Linen	C$362.25M	0.99	C$18.80M	C$1.79	19.16
GDI Integrated Facility Services	C$2.58B	0.28	C$15.23M	C$0.63	48.74

Does the media prefer KBL or GDI?

In the previous week, K-Bro Linen had 8 more articles in the media than GDI Integrated Facility Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for K-Bro Linen and 1 mentions for GDI Integrated Facility Services. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat GDI Integrated Facility Services' score of -0.98 indicating that K-Bro Linen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
K-Bro Linen	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GDI Integrated Facility Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

K-Bro Linen beats GDI Integrated Facility Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.