Highway (HIHO) Competitors

Energous (NASDAQ:WATT) and Highway (NASDAQ:HIHO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend WATT or HIHO?

Energous currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Given Highway's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energous is more favorable than Highway.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energous	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Highway	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, WATT or HIHO?

Energous has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highway has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WATT or HIHO more profitable?

Highway has a net margin of -11.19% compared to Highway's net margin of -4,077.47%. Energous' return on equity of -12.14% beat Highway's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energous	-4,077.47%	-126.05%	-93.09%
Highway	-11.19%	-12.14%	-7.11%

Does the media favor WATT or HIHO?

In the previous week, Energous and Energous both had 2 articles in the media. Highway's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Energous'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energous	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Highway	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, WATT or HIHO?

Highway has higher revenue and earnings than Energous. Highway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energous, 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
Energous	$470K	19.15	-$19.37M	-$4.11	-0.36
Highway	$10.24M	0.95	-$290K	-$0.24	-9.25

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WATT or HIHO?

4.4% of Energous shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Highway shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Energous shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of Highway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WATT or HIHO?

Energous received 298 more outperform votes than Highway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.42% of users gave Energous an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Highway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energous	Outperform Votes 384 65.42%	Underperform Votes 203 34.58%
Highway	Outperform Votes 86 63.24%	Underperform Votes 50 36.76%

Summary

Highway beats Energous on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.