Avalon (AWX) Competitors

Avalon (NYSE:AWX) and Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do analysts rate AWX or FLNT?

Fluent has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.74%. Given Fluent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluent is more favorable than Avalon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avalon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fluent	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer AWX or FLNT?

In the previous week, Fluent had 8 more articles in the media than Avalon. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fluent and 1 mentions for Avalon. Fluent's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Avalon's score of -1.00 indicating that Fluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avalon	Negative
Fluent	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AWX or FLNT?

34.4% of Avalon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Fluent shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Avalon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Fluent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AWX or FLNT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avalon	$81.01M	0.12	-$1.77M	$0.20	12.45
Fluent	$243.85M	0.16	-$63.22M	-$1.81	-1.04

Which has more volatility & risk, AWX or FLNT?

Avalon has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluent has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AWX or FLNT?

Fluent received 171 more outperform votes than Avalon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.54% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Avalon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avalon	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 89 100.00%
Fluent	Outperform Votes 171 42.54%	Underperform Votes 231 57.46%

Is AWX or FLNT more profitable?

Avalon has a net margin of 1.17% compared to Fluent's net margin of -10.59%. Avalon's return on equity of 2.72% beat Fluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avalon	1.17%	2.72%	1.10%
Fluent	-10.59%	-64.75%	-17.47%

Summary

Fluent beats Avalon on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.