AgriFORCE Growing Systems (AGRI) Competitors

Highway (NASDAQ:HIHO) and AgriFORCE Growing Systems (NASDAQ:AGRI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to HIHO or AGRI?

In the previous week, AgriFORCE Growing Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Highway. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AgriFORCE Growing Systems and 0 mentions for Highway. AgriFORCE Growing Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Highway's score of -1.00 indicating that AgriFORCE Growing Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Highway	Negative
AgriFORCE Growing Systems	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HIHO or AGRI?

Highway received 83 more outperform votes than AgriFORCE Growing Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave AgriFORCE Growing Systems an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Highway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Highway	Outperform Votes 86 63.24%	Underperform Votes 50 36.76%
AgriFORCE Growing Systems	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HIHO or AGRI?

13.2% of Highway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of AgriFORCE Growing Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.1% of Highway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of AgriFORCE Growing Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HIHO or AGRI more profitable?

AgriFORCE Growing Systems has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Highway's net margin of -5.79%. Highway's return on equity of 4.49% beat AgriFORCE Growing Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Highway	-5.79%	4.49%	2.61%
AgriFORCE Growing Systems	N/A	-161.17%	-95.65%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HIHO or AGRI?

Highway has higher revenue and earnings than AgriFORCE Growing Systems.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Highway	$6.32M	1.34	-$960K	-$0.12	-16.04
AgriFORCE Growing Systems	$20K	130.80	-$11.73M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, HIHO or AGRI?

Highway has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AgriFORCE Growing Systems has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Highway beats AgriFORCE Growing Systems on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.