HLIO vs. FBIN, WFG, ACA, SKY, CXT, USLM, TGLS, HLMN, JBI, and LOMA
Should you be buying Helios Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Technologies include Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Janus International Group (JBI), and Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (LOMA). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Helios Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) and Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) are both construction materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Fortune Brands Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. Fortune Brands Innovations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helios Technologies pays out 34.6% 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. Fortune Brands Innovations has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Fortune Brands Innovations had 6 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations and 0 mentions for Helios Technologies. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fortune Brands Innovations currently has a consensus price target of $75.45, indicating a potential upside of 41.38%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Helios Technologies.
Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fortune Brands Innovations has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.46%. Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity of 19.85% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Fortune Brands Innovations beats Helios Technologies on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HLIO) was last updated on 9/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff