POWL vs. HLIO, HOLI, KALU, GIC, NSSC, CENX, DNOW, B, UFPT, and CDRE
Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include Helios Technologies (HLIO), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Global Industrial (GIC), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Century Aluminum (CENX), DNOW (DNOW), Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), and Cadre (CDRE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) and Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Powell Industries and 1 mentions for Helios Technologies. Powell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Powell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Powell Industries has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Powell Industries received 169 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
Powell Industries has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.49%. Powell Industries' return on equity of 22.30% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.
Powell Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helios Technologies. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by company 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.
Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Powell Industries pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helios Technologies pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Helios Technologies has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.99%. Given Helios Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Powell Industries.
Summary
Powell Industries beats Helios Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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