HDSN vs. LAWS, KAMN, DSGR, WLFC, ASLE, UGRO, AIT, LZ, HLIO, and KALU
Should you be buying Hudson Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Technologies include Lawson Products (LAWS), Kaman (KAMN), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), AerSale (ASLE), urban-gro (UGRO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Helios Technologies (HLIO), and Kaiser Aluminum (KALU).
Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) and Lawson Products (NASDAQ:LAWS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Lawson Products has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Lawson Products shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Lawson Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hudson Technologies and Hudson Technologies both had 5 articles in the media. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Lawson Products' score of 0.44 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hudson Technologies received 17 more outperform votes than Lawson Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.77% of users gave Lawson Products an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Lawson Products' net margin of 3.42%. Hudson Technologies' return on equity of 21.59% beat Lawson Products' return on equity.
Hudson Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $12.40, indicating a potential upside of 37.93%.
Hudson Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lawson Products. Lawson Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats Lawson Products on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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