Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) and OneWater Marine (NASDAQ:ONEW) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts prefer HOUR or ONEW?

OneWater Marine has a consensus price target of $19.40, suggesting a potential upside of 28.82%. Given OneWater Marine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OneWater Marine is more favorable than Hour Loop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
OneWater Marine	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is HOUR or ONEW more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 0.18% compared to OneWater Marine's net margin of -0.39%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 4.14% beat OneWater Marine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	0.18%	4.14%	1.08%
OneWater Marine	-0.39%	1.09%	0.26%

Does the media refer more to HOUR or ONEW?

In the previous week, OneWater Marine had 2 more articles in the media than Hour Loop. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OneWater Marine and 2 mentions for Hour Loop. OneWater Marine's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Hour Loop's score of -0.80 indicating that OneWater Marine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hour Loop	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
OneWater Marine	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HOUR or ONEW?

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneWater Marine has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HOUR or ONEW?

Hour Loop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OneWater Marine. OneWater Marine is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hour Loop, 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
Hour Loop	$138.25M	0.47	$660K	$0.01	183.00
OneWater Marine	$1.77B	0.14	-$5.70M	-$0.47	-32.04

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HOUR or ONEW?

0.3% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of OneWater Marine shares are held by institutional investors. 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of OneWater Marine shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hour Loop and OneWater Marine tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.