PRM vs. HWKN, NGVT, IOSP, CC, HUN, SSRM, SLCA, GSM, NGD, and DQ
Should you be buying Perimeter Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perimeter Solutions include Hawkins (HWKN), Ingevity (NGVT), Innospec (IOSP), Chemours (CC), Huntsman (HUN), SSR Mining (SSRM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ferroglobe (GSM), New Gold (NGD), and Daqo New Energy (DQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hawkins has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Perimeter Solutions' net margin of -7.26%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.41% beat Perimeter Solutions' return on equity.
Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hawkins received 211 more outperform votes than Perimeter Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Perimeter Solutions an outperform vote.
Perimeter Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.65%. Hawkins has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.61%. Given Hawkins' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Perimeter Solutions.
Perimeter Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hawkins. Perimeter Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 18 more articles in the media than Perimeter Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hawkins and 2 mentions for Perimeter Solutions. Perimeter Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Hawkins' score of 0.08 indicating that Perimeter Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hawkins beats Perimeter Solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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