AETI vs. HRT, FLYX, SUGP, DRTT, CACO, ZCAR, PYRGF, INTJ, SIF, and LASE
Should you be buying American Electric Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Technologies include HireRight (HRT), flyExclusive (FLYX), SU Group (SUGP), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), Caravelle International Group (CACO), Zoomcar (ZCAR), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Intelligent Group (INTJ), SIFCO Industries (SIF), and Laser Photonics (LASE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
American Electric Technologies (NASDAQ:AETI) and HireRight (NYSE:HRT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
American Electric Technologies received 179 more outperform votes than HireRight when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave American Electric Technologies an outperform vote while only 34.67% of users gave HireRight an outperform vote.
HireRight has higher revenue and earnings than American Electric Technologies.
American Electric Technologies has a beta of -1.11, suggesting that its share price is 211% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireRight has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HireRight has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.56%. Given HireRight's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HireRight is more favorable than American Electric Technologies.
HireRight has a net margin of 0.00% compared to American Electric Technologies' net margin of -1.24%. HireRight's return on equity of 0.00% beat American Electric Technologies' return on equity.
24.5% of American Electric Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.5% of HireRight shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of American Electric Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of HireRight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, HireRight had 8 more articles in the media than American Electric Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HireRight and 0 mentions for American Electric Technologies. HireRight's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat American Electric Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that HireRight is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HireRight beats American Electric Technologies on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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