HLIO vs. CIR, BIMI, CXT, MWA, B, ZKIN, NISN, AREB, PH, and WTS
Should you be buying Helios Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helios Technologies include CIRCOR International (CIR), BIMI (BIMI), Crane NXT (CXT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Barnes Group (B), ZK International Group (ZKIN), Nisun International Enterprise Development Group (NISN), American Rebel (AREB), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS).
CIRCOR International (NYSE:CIR) and Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Helios Technologies has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 3.40%. Helios Technologies' return on equity of 35.32% beat CIRCOR International's return on equity.
Helios Technologies has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.12%. Given CIRCOR International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than CIRCOR International.
Helios Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CIRCOR International. CIRCOR International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Helios Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than CIRCOR International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Helios Technologies and 0 mentions for CIRCOR International. CIRCOR International's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.38 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.2% of CIRCOR International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CIRCOR International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CIRCOR International received 432 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave CIRCOR International an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
CIRCOR International has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Helios Technologies beats CIRCOR International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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