HLIO vs. B, MWA, NSSC, GIC, DNOW, KALU, HOLI, UFPT, PLUG, and CENX
Should you be buying Helios Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Technologies include Barnes Group (B), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Global Industrial (GIC), DNOW (DNOW), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Plug Power (PLUG), and Century Aluminum (CENX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Helios Technologies has a net margin of 4.49% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 0.31%. Barnes Group's return on equity of 9.19% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Barnes Group had 2 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Barnes Group and 4 mentions for Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Barnes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Barnes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Barnes Group currently has a consensus target price of $40.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.44%. Helios Technologies has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.01%. Given Barnes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Barnes Group.
Barnes Group received 336 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Barnes Group pays out 711.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Helios Technologies pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Helios Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes Group. Helios Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Helios Technologies beats Barnes Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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