HLMN vs. AVPT, PRAA, NVTS, GDYN, STEM, SSD, CIX, LCUT, EML, and ACU
Should you be buying Hillman Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hillman Solutions include AvePoint (AVPT), PRA Group (PRAA), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Stem (STEM), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), CompX International (CIX), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Eastern (EML), and Acme United (ACU).
Hillman Solutions (NASDAQ:HLMN) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Hillman Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than AvePoint. Hillman Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvePoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hillman Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.22%. AvePoint has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.62%. Given Hillman Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hillman Solutions is more favorable than AvePoint.
Hillman Solutions has a net margin of -0.13% compared to AvePoint's net margin of -4.91%. Hillman Solutions' return on equity of 7.50% beat AvePoint's return on equity.
Hillman Solutions has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of AvePoint shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hillman Solutions received 7 more outperform votes than AvePoint when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.38% of users gave Hillman Solutions an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave AvePoint an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hillman Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than AvePoint. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hillman Solutions and 5 mentions for AvePoint. AvePoint's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Hillman Solutions' score of 1.00 indicating that AvePoint is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hillman Solutions beats AvePoint on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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