HAYW vs. MIDD, SXI, TNC, JKHY, NICE, MNDY, SNX, TOST, ONTO, and JNPR
Should you be buying Hayward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hayward include Middleby (MIDD), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), NICE (NICE), monday.com (MNDY), TD SYNNEX (SNX), Toast (TOST), Onto Innovation (ONTO), and Juniper Networks (JNPR).
Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Hayward had 9 more articles in the media than Middleby. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hayward and 9 mentions for Middleby. Hayward's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Middleby's score of 0.22 indicating that Middleby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Middleby currently has a consensus price target of $153.43, suggesting a potential upside of 25.13%. Hayward has a consensus price target of $14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 5.00%. Given Hayward's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Hayward.
98.6% of Middleby shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Middleby shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hayward shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Middleby received 334 more outperform votes than Hayward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.05% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Hayward. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hayward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middleby has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hayward has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Middleby's net margin of 8.25%. Hayward's return on equity of 15.88% beat Middleby's return on equity.
Summary
Middleby beats Hayward on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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