WHR vs. HELE, IRBT, NC, AOS, SN, COOK, VIOT, CCL, EDR, and TKO
Should you be buying Whirlpool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whirlpool include Helen of Troy (HELE), iRobot (IRBT), NACCO Industries (NC), A. O. Smith (AOS), SharkNinja (SN), Traeger (COOK), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Endeavor Group (EDR), and TKO Group (TKO).
Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) and Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Helen of Troy presently has a consensus price target of $127.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.01%. Whirlpool has a consensus price target of $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.94%. Given Whirlpool's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Whirlpool.
Whirlpool has higher revenue and earnings than Helen of Troy. Whirlpool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whirlpool has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Helen of Troy's net margin of 2.07%. Helen of Troy's return on equity of 35.16% beat Whirlpool's return on equity.
In the previous week, Whirlpool had 4 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Whirlpool and 5 mentions for Helen of Troy. Whirlpool's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Helen of Troy's score of 1.29 indicating that Helen of Troy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whirlpool received 294 more outperform votes than Helen of Troy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.53% of users gave Whirlpool an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
90.8% of Whirlpool shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Helen of Troy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Whirlpool shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Whirlpool beats Helen of Troy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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