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K-Bro Linen (KBL) Competitors

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C$34.24 -0.24 (-0.70%)
As of 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

KBL vs. GDI, CGY, 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 GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Calian Group (CGY), 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.

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.

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 Linen5.19% 10.47% 4.90%
GDI Integrated Facility Services 0.59%3.26%2.26%

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
K-Bro LinenOutperform Votes
235
66.76%
Underperform Votes
117
33.24%
GDI Integrated Facility ServicesOutperform Votes
253
64.54%
Underperform Votes
139
35.46%

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

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
K-Bro LinenC$362.25M0.99C$18.80MC$1.7919.16
GDI Integrated Facility ServicesC$2.58B0.28C$15.23MC$0.6348.74

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.

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KBL vs. The Competition

MetricK-Bro LinenSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$359.28MC$6.22BC$7.03BC$5.71B
Dividend Yield3.32%4.93%3.54%6.83%
P/E Ratio19.1629.1221.0330.19
Price / Sales0.99127.6576.55494.55
Price / Cash181.2540.5426.8383.07
Price / Book1.906.413.733.66
Net IncomeC$18.80MC$144.67MC$793.45MC$299.79M
7 Day Performance3.92%0.59%-0.67%-0.10%
1 Month Performance-1.58%-2.38%-0.43%0.29%
1 Year Performance2.42%87.60%20.29%29.58%

K-Bro Linen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBL
K-Bro Linen
2.7266 of 5 stars
C$34.24
-0.7%
C$48.00
+40.2%
+2.4%C$359.28MC$362.25M19.163,050Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GDI
GDI Integrated Facility Services
1.5854 of 5 stars
C$30.62
+0.9%
C$43.42
+41.8%
-21.7%C$729.81MC$2.58B48.536,600High Trading Volume
CGY
Calian Group
2.1411 of 5 stars
C$42.32
+0.8%
C$69.67
+64.6%
-22.9%C$502.38MC$748.67M45.324,400
ISV
Information Services
1.3926 of 5 stars
N/AC$32.50
+∞
N/AC$502.23MC$250.54M23.92545Insider Trade
DXT
Dexterra Group
2.6156 of 5 stars
C$7.60
+2.4%
C$8.75
+15.1%
+36.7%C$483.66MC$1.02B38.699,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
DCM
DATA Communications Management
0.7213 of 5 stars
C$1.88
-2.1%
C$11.00
+485.1%
-42.4%C$105.62MC$501.49M-30.291,800
KUT
RediShred Capital
N/AC$4.96
+0.2%
C$5.50
+10.9%
+72.2%C$91.31MC$70.18M129.73N/A
TRI
Thomson Reuters
1.656 of 5 stars
C$248.34
+0.4%
C$270.33
+8.9%
+16.5%C$78.45BC$4.59B37.3924,400News Coverage
Positive News
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$139.92
+1.7%
N/A+39.3%C$18.08BC$2.06B61.474,200News Coverage
Positive News
BDT
Bird Construction
3.7226 of 5 stars
C$21.63
+0.6%
C$33.00
+52.6%
+20.1%C$1.21BC$3.31B13.105,000
SIS
Savaria
2.6172 of 5 stars
C$16.64
+0.8%
C$23.57
+41.7%
-1.6%C$1.20BC$874.68M26.032,400
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This page (TSE:KBL) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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