HPS.A vs. SFTC, ET, CTS, DND, CMG, TIXT, TCS, CPLF, VCM, and ENGH
Should you be buying Hammond Power Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hammond Power Solutions include Softchoice (SFTC), Evertz Technologies (ET), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), Dye & Durham (DND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Tecsys (TCS), Copperleaf Technologies (CPLF), Vecima Networks (VCM), and Enghouse Systems (ENGH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hammond Power Solutions (TSE:HPS.A) and Softchoice (TSE:SFTC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Hammond Power Solutions currently has a consensus target price of C$165.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.93%. Softchoice has a consensus target price of C$21.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.28%. Given Hammond Power Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hammond Power Solutions is more favorable than Softchoice.
Hammond Power Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Softchoice. Softchoice is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hammond Power Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hammond Power Solutions has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Softchoice's net margin of 5.64%. Softchoice's return on equity of 93.93% beat Hammond Power Solutions' return on equity.
Hammond Power Solutions has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Softchoice has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hammond Power Solutions received 62 more outperform votes than Softchoice when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Hammond Power Solutions an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Softchoice an outperform vote.
Hammond Power Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Softchoice pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hammond Power Solutions pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Softchoice pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
29.7% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.6% of Softchoice shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Softchoice shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Softchoice had 4 more articles in the media than Hammond Power Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Softchoice and 0 mentions for Hammond Power Solutions. Hammond Power Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Softchoice's score of -0.88 indicating that Hammond Power Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hammond Power Solutions beats Softchoice on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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