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AGS vs. HI, ARRY, DAKT, ODC, DOGZ, VTSI, MWG, JCSE, AMCR, and BRC

Should you be buying PlayAGS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PlayAGS include Hillenbrand (HI), Array Technologies (ARRY), Daktronics (DAKT), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), VirTra (VTSI), Multi Ways (MWG), JE Cleantech (JCSE), Amcor (AMCR), and Brady (BRC). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous manufacturing industries" industry.

PlayAGS vs.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and PlayAGS (NYSE:AGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

PlayAGS has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.00% beat PlayAGS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hillenbrand-7.12% 15.00% 4.26%
PlayAGS 1.89%10.37%1.09%

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 18 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Hillenbrand and 5 mentions for PlayAGS. PlayAGS's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.54 indicating that PlayAGS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hillenbrand
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PlayAGS
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hillenbrand presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.16%. PlayAGS has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than PlayAGS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
PlayAGS
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PlayAGS has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hillenbrand received 41 more outperform votes than PlayAGS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.48% of users gave PlayAGS an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HillenbrandOutperform Votes
281
56.43%
Underperform Votes
217
43.57%
PlayAGSOutperform Votes
240
66.48%
Underperform Votes
121
33.52%

PlayAGS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PlayAGS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hillenbrand$3.12B0.48-$211M-$3.14-6.79
PlayAGS$394.87M1.27$430K$1.2010.11

89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of PlayAGS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of PlayAGS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hillenbrand and PlayAGS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AGS vs. The Competition

MetricPlayAGSmanufacturing industries IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$500.46M$2.12B$7.66B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A2.71%3.39%4.00%
P/E Ratio71.3512.1716.7333.45
Price / Sales1.271.667.5129.18
Price / Cash5.428.1816.4217.52
Price / Book6.932.464.554.55
Net Income$430,000.00$95.48M$261.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.33%1.41%2.12%2.25%
1 Month Performance0.21%-2.95%3.62%2.90%
1 Year Performance45.10%9.21%-4.21%4.62%

PlayAGS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGS
PlayAGS
3.4894 of 5 stars
$12.13
+0.4%
$12.50
+3.1%
+38.0%$500.46M$394.87M71.35N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
HI
Hillenbrand
4.3604 of 5 stars
$22.49
-0.1%
$36.50
+62.3%
-49.1%$1.58B$3.12B-7.1611,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.3654 of 5 stars
$5.29
+5.4%
$9.48
+79.1%
-61.6%$806.79M$915.81M-5.45470Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DAKT
Daktronics
4.7993 of 5 stars
$12.52
-0.3%
$26.00
+107.7%
+32.6%$655.26M$799.81M50.082,480
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
2.7395 of 5 stars
$41.59
-1.1%
N/A+138.2%$606.93M$465.34M13.44870
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
1.0252 of 5 stars
$16.70
-4.7%
N/A+158.4%$212.61M$20.26M0.00320Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
VTSI
VirTra
3.4543 of 5 stars
$4.18
+3.7%
$13.00
+211.0%
-71.7%$48.53M$26.35M8.04120News Coverage
MWG
Multi Ways
N/A$0.29
+0.9%
N/A-14.5%$9.77M$35.74M0.0092
JCSE
JE Cleantech
1.2966 of 5 stars
$0.94
+4.4%
N/A+28.7%$4.71M$19.96M0.0090Gap Up
AMCR
Amcor
3.7098 of 5 stars
$9.61
+0.7%
$11.31
+17.7%
-5.5%$13.33B$13.54B17.4744,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BRC
Brady
2.8224 of 5 stars
$69.51
+0.8%
N/A+21.4%$3.32B$1.42B17.085,700

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