DNOW vs. HLIO, KALU, CENX, XRX, NSSC, HOLI, APOG, HEES, CDRE, and PLUG
Should you be buying DNOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DNOW include Helios Technologies (HLIO), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Century Aluminum (CENX), Xerox (XRX), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Cadre (CDRE), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
DNOW received 261 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.77% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Helios Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Helios Technologies and 4 mentions for DNOW. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat DNOW's score of 0.60 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of DNOW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DNOW has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DNOW has a net margin of 10.64% compared to DNOW's net margin of 4.49%. Helios Technologies' return on equity of 11.60% beat DNOW's return on equity.
Helios Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 31.01%. DNOW has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.32%. Given DNOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than DNOW.
Summary
DNOW beats Helios Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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