HDSN vs. EBF, ACCO, ITRN, DMRC, MTW, KRT, EAF, CIX, ALTG, and ASLE
Should you be buying Hudson Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Technologies include Ennis (EBF), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Digimarc (DMRC), Manitowoc (MTW), Karat Packaging (KRT), GrafTech International (EAF), CompX International (CIX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), and AerSale (ASLE).
Ennis (NYSE:EBF) and Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ennis had 17 more articles in the media than Hudson Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ennis and 2 mentions for Hudson Technologies. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Ennis' score of -0.15 indicating that Ennis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 18.08% compared to Hudson Technologies' net margin of 10.14%. Ennis' return on equity of 25.57% beat Hudson Technologies' return on equity.
Ennis has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Technologies has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 54.57%. Given Ennis' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hudson Technologies is more favorable than Ennis.
Hudson Technologies received 195 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.08% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 67.73% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote.
74.3% of Ennis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Ennis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hudson Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ennis. Hudson Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ennis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats Ennis on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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