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NASDAQ:HGBL

Heritage Global (HGBL) Competitors

$3.14
+0.02 (+0.64%)
(As of 09/28/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$3.05
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$3.16
50-Day Range
$2.92
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$3.85
52-Week Range
$1.51
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$4.08
Volume
199,835 shs
Average Volume
133,530 shs
Market Capitalization
$116.84 million
P/E Ratio
6.55
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$5.25
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media

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.

Heritage Global vs.

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
High Income Securities Fund Very Negative
Heritage Global Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
High Income Securities Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Heritage Global
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
High Income Securities FundOutperform Votes
105
62.13%
Underperform Votes
64
37.87%
Heritage GlobalOutperform Votes
6
46.15%
Underperform Votes
7
53.85%

Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than High Income Securities Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
High Income Securities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Heritage Global$46.91M2.49$15.49M$0.486.55

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
High Income Securities FundN/A N/A N/A
Heritage Global 31.81%37.24%25.72%

Summary

Heritage Global beats High Income Securities Fund on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HGBL vs. The Competition

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MetricHeritage GlobalBusiness services IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$115.91M$14.57B$6.77B$6.26B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%13.86%7.65%
P/E Ratio6.5516.8371.5910.34
Price / Sales2.493.073,543.4654.94
Price / Cash7.0716.9734.50103.11
Price / Book2.405.302.004.65
Net Income$15.49M$109.93M$722.79M$186.12M
7 Day Performance2.44%0.56%-0.83%0.41%
1 Month Performance1.13%-4.84%-0.01%-5.53%
1 Year Performance94.14%0.12%5.65%6.13%

Heritage Global Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
0 of 5 stars		$6.53
-1.4%		N/A-6.9%$114.47MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
HWBK
Hawthorn Bancshares
2.2566 of 5 stars		$16.30
-1.0%		N/A-26.3%$114.75M$83.23M7.42317Short Interest ↑
PCM
PCM Fund
0 of 5 stars		$9.39
+1.0%		N/A+8.4%$111.46MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
FFNW
First Financial Northwest
2.243 of 5 stars		$12.61
-0.8%		$18.00
+42.7%		-14.1%$115.38M$62.49M10.78151
CWBC
Community West Bancshares
2.693 of 5 stars		$12.54
+0.2%		N/A-9.9%$110.98M$53.12M9.80134
UBFO
United Security Bancshares
2.4093 of 5 stars		$6.78
-1.7%		N/A+10.1%$115.87M$51.10M5.70117Dividend Announcement
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CHMI
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment
2.4399 of 5 stars		$4.09
+0.2%		$5.50
+34.5%		-36.5%$110.35M$29.64M-6.93N/A
ECBK
ECB Bancorp
0 of 5 stars		$12.02
-0.2%		N/A-23.2%$110.34M$30.55M42.9366Short Interest ↓
ISTR
Investar
2.7087 of 5 stars		$11.85
-1.3%		$14.88
+25.5%		-45.8%$116.49M$122.92M4.45338Positive News
FOA
Finance Of America Companies
1.7546 of 5 stars		$1.33
-1.5%		$1.84
+38.2%		-11.3%$116.61M$573.24M-0.451,943Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HGBL) was last updated on 9/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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