Hennessy Advisors (HNNA) Competitors

Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) and Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is HNNA or PSTL more profitable?

Hennessy Advisors has a net margin of 26.29% compared to Postal Realty Trust's net margin of 4.55%. Hennessy Advisors' return on equity of 9.60% beat Postal Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hennessy Advisors	26.29%	9.60%	5.80%
Postal Realty Trust	4.55%	1.06%	0.55%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HNNA or PSTL?

10.3% of Hennessy Advisors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.4% of Hennessy Advisors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Postal Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HNNA or PSTL?

Hennessy Advisors received 61 more outperform votes than Postal Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.14% of users gave Hennessy Advisors an outperform vote while only 48.78% of users gave Postal Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hennessy Advisors	Outperform Votes 101 70.14%	Underperform Votes 43 29.86%
Postal Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 40 48.78%	Underperform Votes 42 51.22%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HNNA or PSTL?

Hennessy Advisors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Postal Realty Trust. Hennessy Advisors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postal Realty Trust, 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
Hennessy Advisors	$35.55M	2.38	$7.10M	$1.25	8.68
Postal Realty Trust	$81.24M	4.38	$3.71M	$0.28	53.39

Does the media prefer HNNA or PSTL?

In the previous week, Hennessy Advisors had 1 more articles in the media than Postal Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hennessy Advisors and 1 mentions for Postal Realty Trust. Hennessy Advisors' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Postal Realty Trust's score of 1.32 indicating that Hennessy Advisors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hennessy Advisors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Postal Realty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend HNNA or PSTL?

Postal Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Postal Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Postal Realty Trust is more favorable than Hennessy Advisors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hennessy Advisors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Postal Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HNNA or PSTL a better dividend stock?

Hennessy Advisors pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Postal Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hennessy Advisors pays out 44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Postal Realty Trust pays out 346.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Postal Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Postal Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HNNA or PSTL?

Hennessy Advisors has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postal Realty Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hennessy Advisors beats Postal Realty Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.