Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) and Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HITI or HOUR?

4.5% of High Tide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hour Loop shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of High Tide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.0% of Hour Loop 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, HITI or HOUR?

High Tide has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hour Loop has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HITI or HOUR more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to High Tide's net margin of -0.81%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat High Tide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Tide	-0.81%	-2.93%	-1.78%
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%

Do analysts rate HITI or HOUR?

High Tide currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 93.55%. Given High Tide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe High Tide is more favorable than Hour Loop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
High Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HITI or HOUR?

High Tide received 10 more outperform votes than Hour Loop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave High Tide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
High Tide	Outperform Votes 12 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Does the media refer more to HITI or HOUR?

In the previous week, High Tide had 2 more articles in the media than Hour Loop. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Tide and 0 mentions for Hour Loop. High Tide's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hour Loop's score of 0.00 indicating that High Tide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
High Tide	Positive
Hour Loop	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HITI or HOUR?

Hour Loop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than High Tide. High Tide 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
High Tide	$536.70M	0.35	-$3.19M	-$0.05	-46.50
Hour Loop	$139.41M	0.33	-$2.43M	$0.01	130.00

Summary

High Tide beats Hour Loop on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.