Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB) Competitors

Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) and Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE:HBB) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, OLPX or HBB?

Olaplex has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Beach Brands has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OLPX or HBB?

Olaplex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hamilton Beach Brands. Hamilton Beach Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olaplex, 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
Olaplex	$420.74M	2.12	$61.59M	$0.02	67.00
Hamilton Beach Brands	$659.79M	0.38	$25.24M	$2.44	7.46

Does the media favor OLPX or HBB?

In the previous week, Olaplex had 1 more articles in the media than Hamilton Beach Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Olaplex and 3 mentions for Hamilton Beach Brands. Olaplex's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Hamilton Beach Brands' score of 1.30 indicating that Olaplex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olaplex	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Beach Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OLPX or HBB?

Hamilton Beach Brands received 136 more outperform votes than Olaplex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.88% of users gave Hamilton Beach Brands an outperform vote while only 28.43% of users gave Olaplex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olaplex	Outperform Votes 29 28.43%	Underperform Votes 73 71.57%
Hamilton Beach Brands	Outperform Votes 165 52.88%	Underperform Votes 147 47.12%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OLPX or HBB?

87.4% of Olaplex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Olaplex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OLPX or HBB more profitable?

Olaplex has a net margin of 9.78% compared to Hamilton Beach Brands' net margin of 4.06%. Hamilton Beach Brands' return on equity of 17.90% beat Olaplex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olaplex	9.78%	10.50%	5.16%
Hamilton Beach Brands	4.06%	17.90%	6.87%

Do analysts rate OLPX or HBB?

Olaplex presently has a consensus target price of $1.85, indicating a potential upside of 38.06%. Given Olaplex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Olaplex is more favorable than Hamilton Beach Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olaplex	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hamilton Beach Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Olaplex beats Hamilton Beach Brands on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.