EAF vs. HOLI, THR, BLDP, NPWR, FCEL, HYZN, ENCP, HTOO, WWD, and BE
Should you be buying GrafTech International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GrafTech International include Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), NET Power (NPWR), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), Energem (ENCP), Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO), Woodward (WWD), and Bloom Energy (BE). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Hollysys Automation Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than GrafTech International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies and 3 mentions for GrafTech International. GrafTech International's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that Hollysys Automation Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to Hollysys Automation Technologies' net margin of -45.08%. GrafTech International's return on equity of 6.39% beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity.
Hollysys Automation Technologies received 85 more outperform votes than GrafTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave GrafTech International an outperform vote.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than GrafTech International. GrafTech International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollysys Automation Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GrafTech International has a consensus price target of $1.88, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Given Hollysys Automation Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GrafTech International is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of GrafTech International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of GrafTech International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrafTech International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hollysys Automation Technologies beats GrafTech International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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