Critical Survey: Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) and DAC Technologies Group International (OTCMKTS:DAAT)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Cadre and DAC Technologies Group International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadre	1	0	4	1	2.83
DAC Technologies Group International	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cadre currently has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential downside of 8.19%. Given Cadre’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadre is more favorable than DAC Technologies Group International.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cadre and DAC Technologies Group International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadre	$567.56 million	2.94	$36.13 million	$1.12	36.63
DAC Technologies Group International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cadre has higher revenue and earnings than DAC Technologies Group International.

Risk and Volatility

Cadre has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DAC Technologies Group International has a beta of 272.39, suggesting that its share price is 27,139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadre	7.33%	13.94%	6.27%
DAC Technologies Group International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.0% of Cadre shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Cadre shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cadre beats DAC Technologies Group International on 10 of the 11 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 DAC Technologies Group International

DAC Technologies Group International, Inc. manufactures and markets consumer products for wholesale, retail, and OEM gun manufacturing markets. The company specializes in gun cleaning kits, gun safety devices, security items, and other outdoor products. It offers products in the categories of gun cleaning kits and accessories, other shooting and outdoor accessories, licensed products, gun locks, and safes. The company sells its products to mass merchants, retail chains, sporting goods retailers, distributors, and OEM gun manufacturers. It also markets its products through catalog companies. The company was formerly known as DAC Technologies of America, Inc. and changed its name to DAC Technologies Group International, Inc. in July 1999. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.