Tandy Leather Factory (TLF) Competitors

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) and Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HOUR or TLF?

Tandy Leather Factory has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hour Loop. Hour Loop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tandy Leather Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hour Loop	$132.12M	0.28	-$2.43M	-$0.07	-15.28
Tandy Leather Factory	$76.23M	0.55	$3.77M	$0.45	11.00

Is HOUR or TLF more profitable?

Tandy Leather Factory has a net margin of 4.94% compared to Tandy Leather Factory's net margin of -1.84%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 7.00% beat Tandy Leather Factory's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	-1.84%	-49.19%	-11.69%
Tandy Leather Factory	4.94%	7.00%	5.38%

Does the media refer more to HOUR or TLF?

In the previous week, Hour Loop had 11 more articles in the media than Tandy Leather Factory. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hour Loop and 1 mentions for Tandy Leather Factory. Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Tandy Leather Factory's score of -0.09 indicating that Tandy Leather Factory is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hour Loop	Neutral
Tandy Leather Factory	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, HOUR or TLF?

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tandy Leather Factory has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HOUR or TLF?

Tandy Leather Factory received 162 more outperform votes than Hour Loop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote while only 65.60% of users gave Tandy Leather Factory an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Tandy Leather Factory	Outperform Votes 164 65.60%	Underperform Votes 86 34.40%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HOUR or TLF?

0.3% of Hour Loop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Tandy Leather Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.1% of Hour Loop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.0% of Tandy Leather Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HOUR or TLF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Tandy Leather Factory	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Tandy Leather Factory beats Hour Loop on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.