LASE vs. HRT, DRTT, XOS, JKSM, NMHIW, SHPWW, SXI, TNC, NPO, and CR
Should you be buying Laser Photonics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laser Photonics include HireRight (HRT), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), XOS (XOS), Jacksam (JKSM), Nature's Miracle (NMHIW), Shapeways (SHPWW), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), Enpro (NPO), and Crane (CR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Laser Photonics (NASDAQ:LASE) and HireRight (NYSE:HRT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
HireRight has higher revenue and earnings than Laser Photonics. HireRight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laser Photonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HireRight received 27 more outperform votes than Laser Photonics when rated by MarketBeat users.
Laser Photonics has a beta of 3.34, meaning that its share price is 234% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireRight has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HireRight had 15 more articles in the media than Laser Photonics. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for HireRight and 4 mentions for Laser Photonics. Laser Photonics' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat HireRight's score of 0.31 indicating that Laser Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HireRight has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.28%. Given HireRight's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HireRight is more favorable than Laser Photonics.
1.9% of Laser Photonics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.5% of HireRight shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of HireRight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
HireRight beats Laser Photonics on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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