EDUC vs. HYFM, CENT, CENTA, VSTS, NHTC, MLEC, BHIL, SEED, DTCK, and TWG
Should you be buying Educational Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Educational Development include Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Vestis (VSTS), Natural Health Trends (NHTC), Moolec Science (MLEC), Benson Hill (BHIL), Origin Agritech (SEED), Davis Commodities (DTCK), and Top Wealth Group (TWG).
Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) and Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Educational Development received 178 more outperform votes than Hydrofarm Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.71% of users gave Educational Development an outperform vote while only 48.21% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote.
Educational Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Hydrofarm Holdings Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Educational Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Educational Development has a net margin of 1.07% compared to Educational Development's net margin of -27.71%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity of 1.20% beat Educational Development's return on equity.
26.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Educational Development shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Educational Development 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.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Educational Development has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group currently has a consensus price target of $0.90, suggesting a potential upside of 16.88%. Given Educational Development's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hydrofarm Holdings Group is more favorable than Educational Development.
In the previous week, Educational Development had 2 more articles in the media than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Educational Development and 0 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Educational Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Educational Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Educational Development beats Hydrofarm Holdings Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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