IRBT vs. HELE, NC, WHR, COOK, VIOT, RAY, AOS, SN, CENX, and XRX
Should you be buying iRobot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iRobot include Helen of Troy (HELE), NACCO Industries (NC), Whirlpool (WHR), Traeger (COOK), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Raytech (RAY), A. O. Smith (AOS), SharkNinja (SN), Century Aluminum (CENX), and Xerox (XRX).
iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 7.82% compared to iRobot's net margin of -24.42%. Helen of Troy's return on equity of 10.25% beat iRobot's return on equity.
iRobot has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, iRobot had 4 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for iRobot and 11 mentions for Helen of Troy. Helen of Troy's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat iRobot's score of 0.32 indicating that Helen of Troy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helen of Troy has higher revenue and earnings than iRobot. iRobot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iRobot currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.85%. Helen of Troy has a consensus target price of $74.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.03%. Given Helen of Troy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than iRobot.
iRobot received 239 more outperform votes than Helen of Troy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave iRobot an outperform vote while only 57.63% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
77.4% of iRobot shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of iRobot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Helen of Troy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats iRobot on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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