WAVS vs. HCMA, MRNO, BCSA, ALSA, TWLV, VMCA, IRRX, ZLS, ALCY, and PHYT
Should you be buying Western Acquisition Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Acquisition Ventures include HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I (BCSA), Alpha Star Acquisition (ALSA), Twelve Seas Investment Company II (TWLV), Valuence Merger Corp. I (VMCA), Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition (IRRX), Zalatoris II Acquisition (ZLS), Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 (ALCY), and Pyrophyte Acquisition (PHYT). These companies are all part of the "holding & other investment offices" industry.
Western Acquisition Ventures (NASDAQ:WAVS) and HCM Acquisition (NASDAQ:HCMA) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
6.6% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of HCM Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.2% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.2% of HCM Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HCM Acquisition had 1 more articles in the media than Western Acquisition Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HCM Acquisition and 1 mentions for Western Acquisition Ventures. Western Acquisition Ventures' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat HCM Acquisition's score of 0.90 indicating that Western Acquisition Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Acquisition Ventures has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCM Acquisition has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Acquisition Ventures and HCM Acquisition both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Summary
HCM Acquisition beats Western Acquisition Ventures on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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