EAF vs. HOLI, PLUG, HDSN, DMRC, MTW, ACCO, CIX, ITRN, EBF, and ALTG
Should you be buying GrafTech International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GrafTech International include Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Plug Power (PLUG), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Digimarc (DMRC), Manitowoc (MTW), ACCO Brands (ACCO), CompX International (CIX), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Ennis (EBF), and Alta Equipment Group (ALTG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) and Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
GrafTech International currently has a consensus price target of $1.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.33%. Given GrafTech International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GrafTech International is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
In the previous week, GrafTech International had 13 more articles in the media than Hollysys Automation Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for GrafTech International and 2 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies. GrafTech International's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' score of 1.14 indicating that GrafTech International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hollysys Automation Technologies received 82 more outperform votes than GrafTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.73% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave GrafTech International an outperform vote.
92.8% of GrafTech International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of GrafTech International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GrafTech International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 10.56% compared to GrafTech International's net margin of -45.08%. Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity of 7.09% beat GrafTech International's return on equity.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than GrafTech International. GrafTech International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollysys Automation Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hollysys Automation Technologies beats GrafTech International on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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