POWL vs. HLIO, HOLI, KALU, GIC, NSSC, CENX, DNOW, B, UFPT, and CDRE
Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include Helios Technologies (HLIO), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Global Industrial (GIC), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Century Aluminum (CENX), DNOW (DNOW), Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), and Cadre (CDRE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helios Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 48.03%. Given Powell Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Powell Industries.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Powell Industries and 2 mentions for Helios Technologies. Powell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.21 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Powell Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helios Technologies. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Helios Technologies pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Powell Industries pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Powell Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Powell Industries has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Powell Industries' net margin of 4.49%. Helios Technologies' return on equity of 22.30% beat Powell Industries' return on equity.
Powell Industries received 169 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Powell Industries beats Helios Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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