CGA vs. HYFM, GORO, USAU, LODE, FEAM, UAMY, FSI, WWR, VGZ, and ZKIN
Should you be buying China Green Agriculture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Green Agriculture include Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Gold Resource (GORO), U.S. Gold (USAU), Comstock (LODE), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), United States Antimony (UAMY), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Westwater Resources (WWR), Vista Gold (VGZ), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) and China Green Agriculture (NYSE:CGA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
China Green Agriculture has a net margin of -14.54% compared to China Green Agriculture's net margin of -28.60%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity of -12.68% beat China Green Agriculture's return on equity.
China Green Agriculture received 166 more outperform votes than Hydrofarm Holdings Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.78% of users gave China Green Agriculture an outperform vote while only 48.21% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote.
China Green Agriculture has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. China Green Agriculture 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.
26.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of China Green Agriculture shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.3% of China Green Agriculture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, China Green Agriculture had 1 more articles in the media than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for China Green Agriculture and 2 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group. China Green Agriculture's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Hydrofarm Holdings Group's score of -0.11 indicating that Hydrofarm Holdings Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Green Agriculture has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group presently has a consensus price target of $0.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Given China Green Agriculture's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hydrofarm Holdings Group is more favorable than China Green Agriculture.
Summary
China Green Agriculture beats Hydrofarm Holdings Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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