Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

Newegg Commerce (NASDAQ:NEGG) and Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Does the media favor NEGG or HOUR?

In the previous week, Newegg Commerce and Newegg Commerce both had 2 articles in the media. Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Newegg Commerce's score of 0.25 indicating that Hour Loop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Newegg Commerce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hour Loop	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NEGG or HOUR?

0.4% of Newegg Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hour Loop shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Newegg Commerce 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NEGG or HOUR?

Hour Loop received 1 more outperform votes than Newegg Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Newegg Commerce an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newegg Commerce	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Which has better earnings and valuation, NEGG or HOUR?

Hour Loop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newegg Commerce.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newegg Commerce	$1.24B	0.20	-$58.99M	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	$139.41M	0.33	-$2.43M	$0.01	131.60

Which has more volatility & risk, NEGG or HOUR?

Newegg Commerce has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hour Loop has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NEGG or HOUR more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Newegg Commerce's net margin of 0.00%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat Newegg Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Newegg Commerce	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%

Summary

Hour Loop beats Newegg Commerce on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.