Helios Technologies (HLIO) Competitors

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HLIO or ITT?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Helios Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HLIO or ITT?

Helios Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.91%. ITT has a consensus target price of $170.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Helios Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than ITT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Helios Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has more risk & volatility, HLIO or ITT?

Helios Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HLIO or ITT?

In the previous week, ITT had 11 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ITT and 4 mentions for Helios Technologies. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.23 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Helios Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ITT	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HLIO or ITT a better dividend stock?

Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Helios Technologies pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HLIO or ITT?

ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. ITT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, 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
Helios Technologies	$789.40M	1.53	$37.50M	$1.11	32.60
ITT	$3.63B	3.45	$518.30M	$6.29	25.30

Is HLIO or ITT more profitable?

ITT has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.57%. ITT's return on equity of 17.75% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helios Technologies	4.57%	8.22%	4.50%
ITT	14.19%	17.75%	10.24%

Summary

ITT beats Helios Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.