Amcon Distributing (DIT) Competitors

Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) and Amcon Distributing (NASDAQ:DIT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Is HDSN or DIT more profitable?

Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 12.49% compared to Amcon Distributing's net margin of 0.13%. Hudson Technologies' return on equity of 12.74% beat Amcon Distributing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Technologies	12.49%	12.74%	10.29%
Amcon Distributing	0.13%	3.27%	0.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HDSN or DIT?

Hudson Technologies received 348 more outperform votes than Amcon Distributing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.10% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Amcon Distributing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudson Technologies	Outperform Votes 348 68.10%	Underperform Votes 163 31.90%
Amcon Distributing	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, HDSN or DIT?

Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcon Distributing has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HDSN or DIT?

Hudson Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $6.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.48%. Given Hudson Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hudson Technologies is more favorable than Amcon Distributing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Amcon Distributing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, HDSN or DIT?

Hudson Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amcon Distributing. Hudson Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcon Distributing, 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
Hudson Technologies	$237.12M	1.22	$52.25M	$0.51	12.90
Amcon Distributing	$2.79B	0.03	$4.34M	$2.49	47.59

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HDSN or DIT?

71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by 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.

Does the media favor HDSN or DIT?

In the previous week, Hudson Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Amcon Distributing. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hudson Technologies and 2 mentions for Amcon Distributing. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Amcon Distributing's score of 0.50 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hudson Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcon Distributing	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hudson Technologies beats Amcon Distributing on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.