Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB) Competitors

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

Is IMAX or HBB more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.13% compared to IMAX's net margin of 4.61%. IMAX's return on equity of 21.42% beat Hamilton Beach Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IMAX	7.13%	9.47%	3.93%
Hamilton Beach Brands	4.61%	21.42%	7.82%

Does the media favor IMAX or HBB?

In the previous week, IMAX had 48 more articles in the media than Hamilton Beach Brands. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for IMAX and 7 mentions for Hamilton Beach Brands. Hamilton Beach Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat IMAX's score of 0.54 indicating that IMAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IMAX	9 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Beach Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMAX or HBB?

IMAX received 845 more outperform votes than Hamilton Beach Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.99% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 52.88% of users gave Hamilton Beach Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IMAX	Outperform Votes 1010 77.99%	Underperform Votes 285 22.01%
Hamilton Beach Brands	Outperform Votes 165 52.88%	Underperform Votes 147 47.12%

Do analysts rate IMAX or HBB?

IMAX currently has a consensus target price of $23.56, suggesting a potential upside of 17.25%. Given Hamilton Beach Brands' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe IMAX is more favorable than Hamilton Beach Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMAX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Hamilton Beach Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, IMAX or HBB?

IMAX has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Beach Brands has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IMAX or HBB?

IMAX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hamilton Beach Brands. Hamilton Beach Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMAX, 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
IMAX	$374.84M	2.82	$25.33M	$0.48	41.86
Hamilton Beach Brands	$625.62M	0.46	$25.24M	$2.07	9.74

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

93.5% of IMAX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of IMAX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IMAX beats Hamilton Beach Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.