HOLI vs. THR, BLDP, BE, PLUG, EAF, DNOW, UFPT, NSSC, CDRE, and HLIO
Should you be buying Hollysys Automation Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hollysys Automation Technologies include Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Bloom Energy (BE), Plug Power (PLUG), GrafTech International (EAF), DNOW (DNOW), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Cadre (CDRE), and Helios Technologies (HLIO).
Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Thermon Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hollysys Automation Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Thermon Group and 1 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies. Hollysys Automation Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Thermon Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Hollysys Automation Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thermon Group has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Given Thermon Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Thermon Group is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
Thermon Group received 59 more outperform votes than Hollysys Automation Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Thermon Group. Hollysys Automation Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.0% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Thermon Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Thermon Group's net margin of 10.05%. Thermon Group's return on equity of 14.60% beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thermon Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Thermon Group beats Hollysys Automation Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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