HWKN vs. NGVT, PRM, IOSP, CC, HUN, BCPC, ASH, OLN, WS, and SAND
Should you be buying Hawkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawkins include Ingevity (NGVT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Innospec (IOSP), Chemours (CC), Huntsman (HUN), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), Olin (OLN), Worthington Steel (WS), and Sandstorm Gold (SAND). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Ingevity received 162 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.
91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingevity presently has a consensus target price of $52.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.98%. Hawkins has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. Given Hawkins' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingevity is more favorable than Hawkins.
Hawkins has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Hawkins' net margin of -6.84%. Ingevity's return on equity of 19.54% beat Hawkins' return on equity.
Hawkins has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 2 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hawkins and 12 mentions for Ingevity. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Ingevity's score of 0.10 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingevity has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hawkins beats Ingevity on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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