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.
Softchoice (TSE:SFTC) and Hammond Power Solutions (TSE:HPS.A) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Hammond Power Solutions has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Hammond Power Solutions' net margin of 5.64%. Hammond Power Solutions' return on equity of 93.93% beat Softchoice's return on equity.
Softchoice pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hammond Power Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Softchoice pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hammond Power Solutions pays out 23.5% 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.
Softchoice has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hammond Power Solutions has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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. Softchoice's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hammond Power Solutions' score of -0.88 indicating that Hammond Power Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hammond Power Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Softchoice currently has a consensus price target of C$21.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.91%. Hammond Power Solutions has a consensus price target of C$165.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.90%. Given Softchoice's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hammond Power Solutions is more favorable than Softchoice.
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.
72.6% of Softchoice shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Softchoice shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Hammond Power Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hammond Power Solutions beats Softchoice on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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