Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) Vs. AVNT, BCPC, PAAS, ATC, CC, LTHM, UNVR, KWR, DSEY, and SXT
Should you be buying Hydrofarm Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hydrofarm Holdings Group include Avient (AVNT), Balchem (BCPC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Atotech (ATC), Chemours (CC), Livent (LTHM), Univar Solutions (UNVR), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Diversey (DSEY), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "trucks/construction/farm machinery" industry.These companies are all part of the "trucks/construction/farm machinery" industry.These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group vs.
Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) and Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Balchem has higher revenue and earnings than Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
Balchem presently has a consensus target price of $160.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.27%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a consensus target price of $58.67, suggesting a potential upside of 101.26%. Given Hydrofarm Holdings Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hydrofarm Holdings Group is more favorable than Balchem.
87.4% of Balchem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Balchem shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Balchem had 5 more articles in the media than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Balchem and 2 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Balchem's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Hydrofarm Holdings Group's score of -0.24 indicating that Balchem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Balchem received 353 more outperform votes than Hydrofarm Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.86% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 68.43% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote.
Balchem has a net margin of 12.17% compared to Hydrofarm Holdings Group's net margin of 0.00%. Balchem's return on equity of 13.46% beat Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity.
Summary
Balchem beats Hydrofarm Holdings Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HYFM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) vs. Its Competitors
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