PRM vs. HWKN, NGVT, IOSP, CC, HUN, SLCA, DQ, GPRE, SSRM, and NGD
Should you be buying Perimeter Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perimeter Solutions include Hawkins (HWKN), Ingevity (NGVT), Innospec (IOSP), Chemours (CC), Huntsman (HUN), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Green Plains (GPRE), SSR Mining (SSRM), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Perimeter Solutions has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Hawkins' net margin of 7.91%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.54% beat Perimeter Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 3 more articles in the media than Perimeter Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hawkins and 6 mentions for Perimeter Solutions. Perimeter Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Hawkins' score of 0.03 indicating that Perimeter Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hawkins received 210 more outperform votes than Perimeter Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Perimeter Solutions an outperform vote.
Perimeter Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.25%. Hawkins has a consensus target price of $74.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.55%. Given Perimeter Solutions' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perimeter Solutions is more favorable than Hawkins.
89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Perimeter Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawkins. Perimeter Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hawkins beats Perimeter Solutions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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