IDS vs. WIN, DX, HSP, XPD, RR.L, RTO, AXON, HLMA, IAG, and MRO
Should you be buying International Distributions Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Distributions Services include Wincanton (WIN), DX (Group) (DX), Hargreaves Services (HSP), Xpediator (XPD), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Halma (HLMA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), and Melrose Industries (MRO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Wincanton (LON:WIN) and International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Wincanton pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. International Distributions Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Wincanton pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Distributions Services pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Distributions Services has a consensus target price of GBX 277.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.90%. Given Wincanton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe International Distributions Services is more favorable than Wincanton.
In the previous week, International Distributions Services had 1 more articles in the media than Wincanton. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for International Distributions Services and 0 mentions for Wincanton. International Distributions Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wincanton'saverage media sentiment score.
Wincanton received 365 more outperform votes than International Distributions Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.09% of users gave Wincanton an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave International Distributions Services an outperform vote.
Wincanton has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Wincanton's net margin of 0.43%. International Distributions Services' return on equity of 51.39% beat Wincanton's return on equity.
Wincanton has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Distributions Services has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Distributions Services has higher revenue and earnings than Wincanton. Wincanton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Distributions Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.9% of Wincanton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of International Distributions Services shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Wincanton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of International Distributions Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wincanton and International Distributions Services tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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