HLMN vs. AVPT, PRAA, GDYN, NVTS, 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), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Hillman Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $11.54, suggesting a potential upside of 26.07%. AvePoint has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Hillman Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hillman Solutions is more favorable than AvePoint.
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 has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hillman Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than AvePoint. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hillman Solutions and 4 mentions for AvePoint. Hillman Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat AvePoint's score of 0.93 indicating that Hillman Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of AvePoint shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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.
Summary
Hillman Solutions beats AvePoint on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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