HDSN vs. WLFC, ASLE, NTIC, PRM, TMC, LWLG, PPTA, VZLA, NL, and VHI
Should you be buying Hudson Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Technologies include Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), AerSale (ASLE), Northern Technologies International (NTIC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), TMC the metals (TMC), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), NL Industries (NL), and Valhi (VHI).
Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) and Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Hudson Technologies received 181 more outperform votes than Willis Lease Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Willis Lease Finance an outperform vote.
93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.0% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Hudson Technologies' net margin of 13.45%. Willis Lease Finance's return on equity of 21.59% beat Hudson Technologies' return on equity.
Hudson Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Willis Lease Finance. Willis Lease Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudson Technologies has a consensus price target of $12.40, indicating a potential upside of 29.17%. Given Willis Lease Finance's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudson Technologies is more favorable than Willis Lease Finance.
Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Willis Lease Finance had 6 more articles in the media than Hudson Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Willis Lease Finance and 6 mentions for Hudson Technologies. Willis Lease Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Hudson Technologies' score of 0.57 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats Willis Lease Finance on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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