KBL vs. CGY, GDI, ISV, DXT, DCM, KUT, TRI, RBA, BAD, 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), Badger Daylighting (BAD), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Calian Group and Calian Group both had 2 articles in the media. K-Bro Linen's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Calian Group's score of 0.00 indicating that K-Bro Linen is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calian Group has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, K-Bro Linen has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Calian Group presently has a consensus price target of C$72.29, suggesting a potential upside of 47.52%. K-Bro Linen has a consensus price target of C$46.63, suggesting a potential upside of 26.36%. Given Calian Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Calian Group is more favorable than K-Bro Linen.
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.
Calian Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. K-Bro Linen pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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.
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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
K-Bro Linen beats Calian Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:KBL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
