Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI) Competitors

INNOVATE (NYSE:HCHC) and Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) are both small-cap conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HCHC or GIFI?

36.5% of INNOVATE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of INNOVATE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held 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.

Do analysts prefer HCHC or GIFI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
INNOVATE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gulf Island Fabrication	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HCHC or GIFI?

INNOVATE received 78 more outperform votes than Gulf Island Fabrication when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Gulf Island Fabrication an outperform vote while only 52.82% of users gave INNOVATE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
INNOVATE	Outperform Votes 272 52.82%	Underperform Votes 243 47.18%
Gulf Island Fabrication	Outperform Votes 194 65.99%	Underperform Votes 100 34.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, HCHC or GIFI?

INNOVATE has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HCHC or GIFI more profitable?

Gulf Island Fabrication has a net margin of 10.54% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -3.10%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of 20.64% beat INNOVATE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
INNOVATE	-3.10%	-15.62%	-1.13%
Gulf Island Fabrication	10.54%	20.64%	13.48%

Does the media favor HCHC or GIFI?

In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 3 more articles in the media than INNOVATE. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 0 mentions for INNOVATE. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat INNOVATE's score of 0.32 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
INNOVATE	Neutral
Gulf Island Fabrication	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, HCHC or GIFI?

Gulf Island Fabrication has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INNOVATE.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
INNOVATE	$1.01B	0.30	-$92M	N/A	N/A
Gulf Island Fabrication	$151.07M	0.75	-$24.40M	$1.05	6.59

Summary

Gulf Island Fabrication beats INNOVATE on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.