Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB) Competitors

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE:HBB) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, IHRT or HBB?

Hamilton Beach Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Beach Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iHeartMedia	$3.75B	0.05	-$1.10B	-$6.02	-0.22
Hamilton Beach Brands	$625.62M	0.46	$25.24M	$2.07	9.88

Does the media refer more to IHRT or HBB?

In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 2 more articles in the media than Hamilton Beach Brands. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for iHeartMedia and 9 mentions for Hamilton Beach Brands. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Hamilton Beach Brands' score of 0.11 indicating that Hamilton Beach Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iHeartMedia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hamilton Beach Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, IHRT or HBB?

iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Beach Brands has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IHRT or HBB more profitable?

Hamilton Beach Brands has a net margin of 4.61% compared to Hamilton Beach Brands' net margin of -24.04%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 21.42% beat Hamilton Beach Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iHeartMedia	-24.04%	-1,197.12%	-13.04%
Hamilton Beach Brands	4.61%	21.42%	7.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IHRT or HBB?

Hamilton Beach Brands received 141 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.88% of users gave Hamilton Beach Brands an outperform vote while only 35.82% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 24 35.82%	Underperform Votes 43 64.18%
Hamilton Beach Brands	Outperform Votes 165 52.88%	Underperform Votes 147 47.12%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IHRT or HBB?

93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Hamilton Beach Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend IHRT or HBB?

iHeartMedia currently has a consensus price target of $3.98, suggesting a potential upside of 206.15%. Given Hamilton Beach Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Hamilton Beach Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iHeartMedia	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hamilton Beach Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Hamilton Beach Brands beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.