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ALTG vs. CLMB, AMRK, ASPN, HDSN, ASLE, HFFG, WILC, EPSM, AENT, and MWYN

Should you be buying Alta Equipment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alta Equipment Group include Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), AerSale (ASLE), HF Foods Group (HFFG), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Epsium Enterprise (EPSM), Alliance Entertainment (AENT), and Marwynn (MWYN). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Alta Equipment Group vs.

Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) and Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Alta Equipment Group had 1 more articles in the media than Climb Global Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alta Equipment Group and 5 mentions for Climb Global Solutions. Climb Global Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Alta Equipment Group's score of -0.85 indicating that Climb Global Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alta Equipment Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Climb Global Solutions
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alta Equipment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Climb Global Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alta Equipment Group pays out -9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Climb Global Solutions pays out 15.9% 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. Alta Equipment Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Alta Equipment Group presently has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 127.36%. Climb Global Solutions has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.01%. Given Alta Equipment Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than Climb Global Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alta Equipment Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Climb Global Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Climb Global Solutions has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Alta Equipment Group's net margin of -2.81%. Climb Global Solutions' return on equity of 23.63% beat Alta Equipment Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alta Equipment Group-2.81% -42.09% -3.40%
Climb Global Solutions 4.11%23.63%5.76%

Alta Equipment Group received 13 more outperform votes than Climb Global Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Climb Global Solutions an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave Alta Equipment Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alta Equipment GroupOutperform Votes
27
55.10%
Underperform Votes
22
44.90%
Climb Global SolutionsOutperform Votes
14
93.33%
Underperform Votes
1
6.67%

73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Climb Global Solutions has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Climb Global Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alta Equipment Group. Alta Equipment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Climb Global Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alta Equipment Group$1.86B0.09$8.90M-$2.23-2.22
Climb Global Solutions$511.23M0.94$12.32M$4.2724.50

Summary

Alta Equipment Group and Climb Global Solutions tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALTG vs. The Competition

MetricAlta Equipment GroupIndustrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$162.59M$1.59B$7.63B$19.30B
Dividend Yield4.21%4.08%4.58%3.84%
P/E Ratio-2.9117.5323.1434.53
Price / Sales0.090.6290.5434.83
Price / Cash1.469.5926.9417.51
Price / Book1.072.773.974.69
Net Income$8.90M$104.20M$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.37%-4.37%0.77%-1.74%
1 Month Performance19.66%12.87%11.16%7.50%
1 Year Performance-45.20%-5.49%19.74%4.15%

Alta Equipment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALTG
Alta Equipment Group
2.1814 of 5 stars
$4.95
+0.4%
$11.25
+127.4%
-42.7%$162.59M$1.86B-2.912,000Analyst Forecast
CLMB
Climb Global Solutions
3.9831 of 5 stars
$109.72
+2.2%
$136.00
+24.0%
+95.2%$504.93M$511.23M29.73270Positive News
AMRK
A-Mark Precious Metals
4.8442 of 5 stars
$21.85
+1.2%
$40.50
+85.4%
-47.4%$502.97M$10.99B10.66380Positive News
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
3.9359 of 5 stars
$5.26
+6.2%
$19.11
+263.7%
-77.4%$431.46M$436.92M32.85420
HDSN
Hudson Technologies
2.0183 of 5 stars
$7.72
+3.5%
$7.25
-6.1%
-23.6%$339.50M$237.12M11.88220Positive News
ASLE
AerSale
3.3422 of 5 stars
$6.11
+0.3%
$8.67
+41.8%
-22.0%$286.32M$320.30M611.61510News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
HFFG
HF Foods Group
3.9511 of 5 stars
$4.12
-5.3%
$7.00
+69.9%
+33.4%$217.28M$1.20B-137.33900Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WILC
G. Willi-Food International
1.862 of 5 stars
$15.79
+1.2%
N/A+66.8%$216.37M$575.80M13.97180Positive News
Earnings Report
EPSM
Epsium Enterprise
N/A$12.20
-10.2%
N/AN/A$161.66M$12.52M0.0013Gap Up
AENT
Alliance Entertainment
2.2806 of 5 stars
$2.51
-1.2%
N/A+17.1%$127.90M$1.07B19.31847Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
MWYN
Marwynn
N/A$7.17
+24.5%
N/AN/A$122.28M$11.56M0.0027Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:ALTG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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