GFAI vs. HGBL, TETE, NOTV, PHUN, FORA, TZUP, YYGH, BIYA, DLHC, and INUV
Should you be buying Guardforce AI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardforce AI include Heritage Global (HGBL), Technology & Telecommunication Acquisition (TETE), Inotiv (NOTV), Phunware (PHUN), Forian (FORA), Thumzup Media (TZUP), YY Group (YYGH), Baiya International Group (BIYA), DLH (DLHC), and Inuvo (INUV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Guardforce AI vs.
Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Guardforce AI's net margin of 0.00%. Heritage Global's return on equity of 16.05% beat Guardforce AI's return on equity.
In the previous week, Heritage Global had 1 more articles in the media than Guardforce AI. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Heritage Global and 0 mentions for Guardforce AI. Heritage Global's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Guardforce AI's score of 0.00 indicating that Heritage Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.
33.5% of Heritage Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Heritage Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Heritage Global currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.82%. Guardforce AI has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 294.74%. Given Guardforce AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guardforce AI is more favorable than Heritage Global.
Heritage Global has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Global received 4 more outperform votes than Guardforce AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Guardforce AI an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.
Summary
Heritage Global beats Guardforce AI on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GFAI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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