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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

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%

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PlayAGS has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 3 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hillenbrand and 3 mentions for PlayAGS. PlayAGS's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.67 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PlayAGS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 56.31% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HillenbrandOutperform Votes
281
56.31%
Underperform Votes
218
43.69%
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$3.05B0.43-$211M-$3.81-4.90
PlayAGS$393.72M1.28$430K$1.1710.47

Hillenbrand currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.54%. PlayAGS has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.08%. Given Hillenbrand's higher possible upside, 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
PlayAGS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Hillenbrand and PlayAGS tied by winning 8 of the 16 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$505.20M$2.16B$7.85B$19.26B
Dividend YieldN/A2.74%3.25%3.83%
P/E Ratio72.0313.8215.1034.34
Price / Sales1.281.988.2534.56
Price / Cash5.428.1816.3717.51
Price / Book7.002.714.764.68
Net Income$430,000.00$95.48M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.53%-1.33%-1.31%-2.66%
1 Month Performance1.41%11.28%6.59%5.98%
1 Year Performance5.70%7.28%-1.73%5.61%

PlayAGS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGS
PlayAGS
3.2657 of 5 stars
$12.25
-0.3%
$12.50
+2.1%
+6.2%$505.20M$393.72M72.03N/APositive News
HI
Hillenbrand
4.7083 of 5 stars
$22.75
+9.3%
$32.00
+40.6%
-56.6%$1.60B$3.05B-7.2511,000Gap Down
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.203 of 5 stars
$6.84
+15.0%
$9.50
+38.9%
-46.9%$1.04B$1.06B-7.05470Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DAKT
Daktronics
4.8488 of 5 stars
$14.37
+2.5%
$26.00
+80.9%
+40.5%$716.96M$799.81M57.482,480News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
3.3032 of 5 stars
$46.76
+2.3%
N/A+135.5%$682.46M$465.34M15.11870Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.62 of 5 stars
$16.58
+1.0%
N/A+90.9%$211.08M$20.26M0.00320
VTSI
VirTra
3.0602 of 5 stars
$4.67
+3.8%
$13.00
+178.4%
-47.8%$52.58M$26.35M8.98120Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
MWG
Multi Ways
N/A$0.30
-3.0%
N/A-4.3%$9.97M$35.74M0.0092News Coverage
Gap Down
JCSE
JE Cleantech
1.2274 of 5 stars
$1.48
+9.6%
N/A+56.7%$7.41M$19.96M0.0090Positive News
Gap Down
AMCR
Amcor
4.5773 of 5 stars
$9.35
+2.5%
$11.31
+21.1%
-10.1%$13.51B$13.46B16.9944,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
BRC
Brady
2.522 of 5 stars
$75.16
+2.3%
N/A+4.1%$3.59B$1.42B18.475,700Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:AGS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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