HELE vs. WHR, IRBT, NC, HBB, MWK, ATER, CHWY, COKE, COTY, and PPC
Should you be buying Helen of Troy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helen of Troy include Whirlpool (WHR), iRobot (IRBT), NACCO Industries (NC), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), Mohawk Group (MWK), Aterian (ATER), Chewy (CHWY), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Coty (COTY), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC).
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Whirlpool has higher revenue and earnings than Helen of Troy. Whirlpool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whirlpool received 294 more outperform votes than Helen of Troy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.53% of users gave Whirlpool an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Whirlpool had 5 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Whirlpool and 5 mentions for Helen of Troy. Whirlpool's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.51 indicating that Helen of Troy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.8% of Whirlpool shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Whirlpool shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Helen of Troy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Helen of Troy's net margin of 2.07%. Helen of Troy's return on equity of 35.16% beat Whirlpool's return on equity.
Whirlpool presently has a consensus price target of $111.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.32%. Helen of Troy has a consensus price target of $127.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.14%. Given Helen of Troy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Whirlpool is more favorable than Helen of Troy.
Whirlpool has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Whirlpool beats Helen of Troy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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