Analyzing Talon International (OTCMKTS:TALN) and The Dixie Group (NASDAQ:DXYN)

Risk and Volatility

The Dixie Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talon International has a beta of -0.34, suggesting that its share price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

40.0% of The Dixie Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of The Dixie Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Talon International 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares The Dixie Group and Talon International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Dixie Group	$271.01 million	0.02	-$2.72 million	($0.35)	-1.26
Talon International	$28.93 million	0.14	$60,000.00	N/A	N/A

Talon International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Dixie Group.

Profitability

This table compares The Dixie Group and Talon International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Dixie Group	-0.99%	-7.65%	-1.04%
Talon International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Talon International beats The Dixie Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About The Dixie Group

The Dixie Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells floorcovering products to residential customers in North America and internationally. The company offers residential carpets, custom rugs, and engineered wood products under the Fabrica brand for interior decorators and designers, selected retailers and furniture stores, luxury home builders, and manufacturers of luxury motor coaches and yachts; and specialty carpets and rugs for the high-end residential marketplace, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products and broadloom carpet products under the Masland Residential brand name through the interior design community and specialty floorcovering retailers. It provides residential tufted broadloom carpets and rugs to selected retailers and home centers under the DH floors and private label brands, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products to the marketplace it serves. The Dixie Group, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is based in Dalton, Georgia.

About Talon International

Talon International, Inc. manufactures and distributes apparel components and accessories to manufacturers of fashion apparel, specialty retailers, and mass merchandisers. The company offers a line of metal, coil, and plastic zippers under the Talon brand name; apparel trim components, including tags, labels, buttons, rivets, leather patches, woven labels, heat transfer seals, tapes, ribbons, printed marketing material, polybasic, packing cartons, and hangers; Flex-It films, adhesive films, overlay films, seam sealing tapes; metal fasteners; stretch waistbands, shirt collars, and inner pocketing panels under the Tekfit brand, as well as packaging and other items; and specialty stretch technology for interlinings. It also provides outsourced trim design, sourcing, and management services, as well as supplies custom branded trim components. The company sells its products through its own sales force in the United States, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, as well as through sales representatives in Europe. The company was formerly known as Tag-It Pacific, Inc. and changed its name to Talon International, Inc. in July 2007. Talon International, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California.