Comparing Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) and Calian Group (OTCMKTS:CLNFF)

Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) and Calian Group (OTCMKTS:CLNFF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Cadre and Calian Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadre	0	2	6	1	2.89
Calian Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

Cadre presently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.22%. Given Cadre’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cadre is more favorable than Calian Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cadre and Calian Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadre	$610.31 million	2.39	$44.14 million	$0.85	40.04
Calian Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.44	40.88

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.0% of Cadre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of Calian Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Cadre shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Cadre pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Calian Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cadre pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calian Group pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cadre has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Cadre and Calian Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadre	5.26%	12.02%	4.80%
Calian Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Cadre beats Calian Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cadre

Cadre Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes safety that provides protection to users in hazardous or life-threatening situations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Distribution. It offers body armor product, such as concealable, corrections, and tactical armor under the Safariland and Protech Tactical brand names; survival suits, remotely operated vehicles, specialty tools, blast sensors, accessories, and vehicle blast attenuation seats for bomb safety technicians; bomb suits; duty gear, including belts and accessories; and other protective equipment comprising communications gear, forensic and investigation products, firearms cleaning solutions, and crowd control products. The company also offers third-party products, such as uniforms, optics, boots, firearms, and ammunition. It serves first responders, such as state and local law enforcement, fire and rescue, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, emergency medical technicians, fishing, and wildlife enforcement and departments of corrections, as well as federal agencies including the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Corrections, the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Waste Isolation Plant, and various foreign government agencies. Cadre Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

About Calian Group

Calian Group Ltd. provides business services and solutions in Canada and internationally. It operates through four segment: Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning, and IT and Cyber Solutions (ITCS). The company offers systems engineering, software development, integration design, embedded design, operational management and lifecycle support, modelling and simulation-enabled design, and research & development solutions and services; environmental and radiation protection, decommissioning and waste management, regulatory affairs and licensing, and emergency preparedness and training services; and sophisticated communication systems for the satellite industry, such as antennas, RF systems, decimator RF spectrum analyzers, in-orbit test systems, software defined solutions, operations and teleport services, transmitters, receivers, and modems. It also provides circuit card assemblies, wiring harnesses and cables, units, subsystems and systems, design evolution and qualification testing services, and life cycle management services; DOCSIS network equipment and test solutions; Bin-Sense, an asset monitoring solutions; Fuel Lock for fuel tanks; and composites-specific engineering, metrology and project planning services. In addition, the company offers IT and cyber solution; clinician, nursing, psychological, health property management, patient support program, clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and functional service provider services; and digital health solutions. Further, it provides training for the military, emergency preparedness, and simulation training services; defence manufacturing and engineering, communications and connectivity, and cyber services; military training and simulation services; and health services for military personnel. The company was formerly known as Calian Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to Calian Group Ltd. in April 2016. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.