LASE vs. HRT, DRTT, XOS, JKSM, NMHIW, SHPWW, SXI, TNC, NPO, and CR
Should you be buying Laser Photonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laser Photonics include HireRight (HRT), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), XOS (XOS), Jacksam (JKSM), Nature's Miracle (NMHIW), Shapeways (SHPWW), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), Enpro (NPO), and Crane (CR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
HireRight (NYSE:HRT) and Laser Photonics (NASDAQ:LASE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
HireRight has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laser Photonics has a beta of 3.34, indicating that its stock price is 234% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HireRight currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.92%. Given Laser Photonics' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HireRight is more favorable than Laser Photonics.
HireRight received 26 more outperform votes than Laser Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users.
12.5% of HireRight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Laser Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of HireRight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
HireRight has higher revenue and earnings than Laser Photonics. HireRight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laser Photonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HireRight had 11 more articles in the media than Laser Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for HireRight and 2 mentions for Laser Photonics. Laser Photonics' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat HireRight's score of -0.14 indicating that HireRight is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
HireRight beats Laser Photonics on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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