HGBL vs. PCF, HWBK, PCM, FFNW, CWBC, UBFO, CHMI, ECBK, ISTR, and FOA
Should you be buying Heritage Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Global include High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Hawthorn Bancshares (HWBK), PCM Fund (PCM), First Financial Northwest (FFNW), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), United Security Bancshares (UBFO), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (CHMI), ECB Bancorp (ECBK), Investar (ISTR), and Finance Of America Companies (FOA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) and Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Heritage Global had 2 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Heritage Global and 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Heritage Global's score of -1.50 indicating that Heritage Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heritage Global has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 66.93%. Given High Income Securities Fund's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Global is more favorable than High Income Securities Fund.
High Income Securities Fund received 99 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.
Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than High Income Securities Fund.
16.8% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Heritage Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Heritage Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Global has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 31.81% compared to Heritage Global's net margin of 0.00%. High Income Securities Fund's return on equity of 37.24% beat Heritage Global's return on equity.
Summary
Heritage Global beats High Income Securities Fund on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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