HALL vs. PW, SVVC, DUO, LGHL, UK, FRBK, FLJ, CURO, PHCF, and LEJUY
Should you be buying Hallmark Financial Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hallmark Financial Services include Power REIT (PW), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Fangdd Network Group (DUO), Lion Group (LGHL), Ucommune International (UK), Republic First Bancorp (FRBK), FLJ Group (FLJ), CURO Group (CURO), Puhui Wealth Investment Management (PHCF), and Leju (LEJUY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hallmark Financial Services (NASDAQ:HALL) and Power REIT (NYSE:PW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Hallmark Financial Services has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power REIT has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hallmark Financial Services received 206 more outperform votes than Power REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.40% of users gave Hallmark Financial Services an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Power REIT an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hallmark Financial Services had 4 more articles in the media than Power REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hallmark Financial Services and 1 mentions for Power REIT. Hallmark Financial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Power REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Hallmark Financial Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hallmark Financial Services has a net margin of -48.14% compared to Power REIT's net margin of -615.90%. Power REIT's return on equity of -51.34% beat Hallmark Financial Services' return on equity.
5.6% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of Power REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of Hallmark Financial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of Power REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Power REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hallmark Financial Services. Power REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hallmark Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hallmark Financial Services beats Power REIT on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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