Holley (HLLY) Competitors

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) and Holley (NYSE:HLLY) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BLBD or HLLY?

Blue Bird has higher revenue and earnings than Holley. Blue Bird is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Holley, 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
Blue Bird	$1.13B	1.43	$23.81M	$2.47	20.33
Holley	$659.70M	0.60	$19.18M	$0.16	20.72

Is BLBD or HLLY more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.65% compared to Holley's net margin of 3.56%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 116.23% beat Holley's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Bird	7.65%	116.23%	23.50%
Holley	3.56%	3.51%	1.30%

Do analysts prefer BLBD or HLLY?

Blue Bird presently has a consensus price target of $61.17, indicating a potential upside of 21.80%. Holley has a consensus price target of $6.54, indicating a potential upside of 97.16%. Given Holley's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Holley is more favorable than Blue Bird.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Holley	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BLBD or HLLY?

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Holley shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Holley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BLBD or HLLY?

Blue Bird has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holley has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BLBD or HLLY?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 10 more articles in the media than Holley. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Blue Bird and 7 mentions for Holley. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Holley's score of 0.26 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Bird	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Holley	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLBD or HLLY?

Blue Bird received 261 more outperform votes than Holley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.89% of users gave Holley an outperform vote while only 61.55% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 317 61.55%	Underperform Votes 198 38.45%
Holley	Outperform Votes 56 70.89%	Underperform Votes 23 29.11%

Summary

Blue Bird beats Holley on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.