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HCM Acquisition (HCMA) Competitors

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$9.69 -0.21 (-2.12%)
(As of 12/20/2024 ET)

HCMA vs. NRDY, EWCZ, CHGG, EM, VSTA, QSG, AZI, COE, STG, and YQ

Should you be buying HCM Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCM Acquisition include Nerdy (NRDY), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Chegg (CHGG), Smart Share Global (EM), Vasta Platform (VSTA), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

HCM Acquisition vs.

Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) and HCM Acquisition (NASDAQ:HCMA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

HCM Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nerdy.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nerdy$197.33M1.56-$40.17M-$0.34-5.03
HCM AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Nerdy had 14 more articles in the media than HCM Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nerdy and 0 mentions for HCM Acquisition. Nerdy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat HCM Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Nerdy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Nerdy Positive
HCM Acquisition Neutral

Nerdy received 35 more outperform votes than HCM Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NerdyOutperform Votes
35
51.47%
Underperform Votes
33
48.53%
HCM AcquisitionN/AN/A

HCM Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -19.31%. HCM Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nerdy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nerdy-19.31% -47.45% -32.83%
HCM Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of HCM Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Nerdy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.2% of HCM Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Nerdy currently has a consensus price target of $2.86, suggesting a potential upside of 67.32%. Given Nerdy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nerdy is more favorable than HCM Acquisition.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nerdy
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
HCM Acquisition
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Nerdy has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCM Acquisition has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nerdy beats HCM Acquisition on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HCMA vs. The Competition

MetricHCM AcquisitionHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$205.06M$422.11M$118.84M$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A6.38%5.20%4.23%
P/E RatioN/A2.511.5317.18
Price / SalesN/A129.081.33116.95
Price / CashN/A61.1578.6637.86
Price / BookN/A84.22519.874.78
Net IncomeN/A$33.84M$2.37M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-4.34%9.49%0.37%-1.23%
1 Month Performance0.21%44.43%46.10%3.36%
1 Year Performance-13.33%26.66%23.45%16.60%

HCM Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$9.69
-2.1%
N/A-11.4%$205.06MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
NRDY
Nerdy
3.5828 of 5 stars
$1.91
+9.8%
$2.86
+49.8%
-45.9%$344.53M$193.40M-5.62700Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.3921 of 5 stars
$5.85
-3.1%
$7.64
+30.6%
-62.3%$333.12M$223.50M26.26110Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CHGG
Chegg
4.8589 of 5 stars
$2.31
+5.5%
$4.69
+103.2%
-83.9%$240.95M$662.08M-0.291,979
EM
Smart Share Global
N/A$0.77
+1.3%
$1.00
+30.7%
+43.6%$198.65M$1.96B25.343,198Positive News
VSTA
Vasta Platform
2.6773 of 5 stars
$1.97
-4.4%
$3.00
+52.3%
-44.0%$157.94M$297.72M-32.852,012News Coverage
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$2.35
-6.4%
N/A+16.2%$120.34M$522.26M2.541,029Gap Up
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$1.12
flat
N/AN/A$117.58M$117.73M0.0083Gap Down
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$16.78
+0.2%
N/A+128.0%$95.98M$27.30M-7.10620Gap Down
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
1.147 of 5 stars
$6.68
+9.2%
N/A-18.6%$91.65M$304.17M1.492,113
YQ
17 Education & Technology Group
N/A$1.69
+0.6%
N/A-0.9%$65.47M$24.08M-0.424,660

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This page (NASDAQ:HCMA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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