HYFM vs. GORO, USAU, CGA, LODE, WWR, VGZ, FSI, FEAM, UAMY, and ZKIN
Should you be buying Hydrofarm Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hydrofarm Holdings Group include Gold Resource (GORO), U.S. Gold (USAU), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Comstock (LODE), Westwater Resources (WWR), Vista Gold (VGZ), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), United States Antimony (UAMY), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) and Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Hydrofarm Holdings Group had 7 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group and 2 mentions for Gold Resource. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Gold Resource's score of 0.32 indicating that Hydrofarm Holdings Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group received 26 more outperform votes than Gold Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.21% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.
Gold Resource has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Gold Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydrofarm Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group currently has a consensus target price of $0.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.65%. Gold Resource has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 201.14%. Given Gold Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
26.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gold Resource has a net margin of -22.30% compared to Hydrofarm Holdings Group's net margin of -28.60%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity of -16.76% beat Gold Resource's return on equity.
Summary
Hydrofarm Holdings Group beats Gold Resource on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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