HSS Hire Group (HSS) Competitors

Speedy Hire (LON:SDY) and HSS Hire Group (LON:HSS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is SDY or HSS more profitable?

Speedy Hire has a net margin of 0.64% compared to HSS Hire Group's net margin of -1.02%. Speedy Hire's return on equity of 1.50% beat HSS Hire Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Speedy Hire	0.64%	1.50%	3.06%
HSS Hire Group	-1.02%	-1.05%	2.79%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SDY or HSS?

80.6% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of HSS Hire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.6% of HSS Hire Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SDY or HSS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Speedy Hire	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HSS Hire Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is SDY or HSS a better dividend stock?

Speedy Hire pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. HSS Hire Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Speedy Hire pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SDY or HSS?

Speedy Hire received 288 more outperform votes than HSS Hire Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.99% of users gave Speedy Hire an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave HSS Hire Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Speedy Hire	Outperform Votes 465 76.99%	Underperform Votes 139 23.01%
HSS Hire Group	Outperform Votes 177 58.61%	Underperform Votes 125 41.39%

Which has better valuation and earnings, SDY or HSS?

Speedy Hire has higher revenue and earnings than HSS Hire Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Speedy Hire	£421.50M	0.38	£2.70M	£0.01	3,500.00
HSS Hire Group	£354.33M	0.13	-£1.93M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to SDY or HSS?

In the previous week, Speedy Hire had 1 more articles in the media than HSS Hire Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Speedy Hire and 2 mentions for HSS Hire Group. Speedy Hire's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HSS Hire Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Speedy Hire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Speedy Hire	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSS Hire Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SDY or HSS?

Speedy Hire has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSS Hire Group has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Speedy Hire beats HSS Hire Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.