HOLI vs. PLUG, THR, BE, BLDP, EAF, HLIO, GIC, NSSC, KALU, and CENX
Should you be buying Hollysys Automation Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hollysys Automation Technologies include Plug Power (PLUG), Thermon Group (THR), Bloom Energy (BE), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), GrafTech International (EAF), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Global Industrial (GIC), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), and Century Aluminum (CENX).
Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Plug Power received 476 more outperform votes than Hollysys Automation Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -153.57%. Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity of 7.09% beat Plug Power's return on equity.
Plug Power has a consensus price target of $6.05, suggesting a potential upside of 122.60%. Given Plug Power's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Plug Power 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.
In the previous week, Plug Power had 40 more articles in the media than Hollysys Automation Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Plug Power and 2 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies. Hollysys Automation Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Plug Power's score of 0.11 indicating that Hollysys Automation Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plug Power. Plug Power 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.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hollysys Automation Technologies beats Plug Power on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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