HYFM vs. GORO, USAU, CGA, LODE, FSI, WWR, UAMY, VGZ, ZKIN, and USGO
Should you be buying Hydrofarm Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hydrofarm Holdings Group include Gold Resource (GORO), U.S. Gold (USAU), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Comstock (LODE), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Westwater Resources (WWR), United States Antimony (UAMY), Vista Gold (VGZ), ZK International Group (ZKIN), and U.S. GoldMining (USGO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) and Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group received 26 more outperform votes than Gold Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.21% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group presently has a consensus price target of $0.90, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Gold Resource has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 187.91%. Given Gold Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
Gold Resource has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Gold Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydrofarm Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gold Resource has a net margin of -22.30% compared to Hydrofarm Holdings Group's net margin of -27.71%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity of -16.55% beat Gold Resource's return on equity.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
26.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Gold Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Hydrofarm Holdings Group had 6 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group and 1 mentions for Gold Resource. Hydrofarm Holdings Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Gold Resource's score of 0.47 indicating that Hydrofarm Holdings Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hydrofarm Holdings Group beats Gold Resource on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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