FLOW vs. HTZ, BLDP, YELL, DSKE, KFY, HI, MTRX, SST, PYRGF, and CACO
Should you be buying SPX FLOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX FLOW include Hertz Global (HTZ), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Yellow (YELL), Daseke (DSKE), Korn Ferry (KFY), Hillenbrand (HI), Matrix Service (MTRX), System1 (SST), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), and Caravelle International Group (CACO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) and SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
SPX FLOW received 262 more outperform votes than Hertz Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.55% of users gave SPX FLOW an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Hertz Global an outperform vote.
SPX FLOW has a net margin of 4.36% compared to SPX FLOW's net margin of 0.00%. Hertz Global's return on equity of 11.34% beat SPX FLOW's return on equity.
Hertz Global has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SPX FLOW had 4 more articles in the media than Hertz Global. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SPX FLOW and 5 mentions for Hertz Global. Hertz Global's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat SPX FLOW's score of -0.16 indicating that SPX FLOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.2% of Hertz Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Hertz Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hertz Global has higher revenue and earnings than SPX FLOW. Hertz Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX FLOW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SPX FLOW beats Hertz Global on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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