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HCM Acquisition (HCMA) Competitors

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$11.04 -0.01 (-0.05%)
As of 01/17/2025

HCMA vs. GOTU, EWCZ, NRDY, EM, VSTA, CHGG, COE, QSG, IH, and AZI

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

HCM Acquisition vs.

Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and HCM Acquisition (NASDAQ:HCMA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of HCM Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 71.2% of HCM Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

HCM Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -26.36%. HCM Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gaotu Techedu-26.36% -37.79% -19.01%
HCM Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

Gaotu Techedu presently has a consensus price target of $7.23, suggesting a potential upside of 248.43%. Given Gaotu Techedu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than HCM Acquisition.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gaotu Techedu
1 Sell rating(s)
0 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

In the previous week, Gaotu Techedu's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled HCM Acquisition'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gaotu Techedu Neutral
HCM Acquisition Neutral

Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less 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.

Gaotu Techedu received 4 more outperform votes than HCM Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gaotu TecheduOutperform Votes
4
25.00%
Underperform Votes
12
75.00%
HCM AcquisitionN/AN/A

HCM Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gaotu Techedu.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gaotu Techedu$417.02M1.29-$1.03M-$0.57-3.64
HCM AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Gaotu Techedu beats HCM Acquisition on 7 of the 11 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$156.20M$425.41M$122.16M$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A7.24%5.15%4.02%
P/E RatioN/A2.481.1817.09
Price / SalesN/A111.0213.9677.22
Price / CashN/A67.7490.2136.04
Price / BookN/A4.681.014.79
Net IncomeN/A$34.48M$1.73M$224.99M
7 Day Performance-0.57%0.84%-0.53%2.37%
1 Month Performance13.98%23.27%23.81%4.40%
1 Year Performance-1.65%27.01%29.04%20.10%

HCM Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$11.05
0.0%
N/A-1.6%$156.20MN/A0.00N/A
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
1.2059 of 5 stars
$1.90
-4.5%
$7.23
+280.5%
-36.7%$493.18M$3.93B-3.337,767
EWCZ
European Wax Center
1.5839 of 5 stars
$6.31
+2.4%
$6.64
+5.3%
-57.6%$359.31M$223.50M27.43110Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NRDY
Nerdy
2.9415 of 5 stars
$1.54
-3.1%
$2.86
+85.8%
-46.8%$277.78M$197.33M-4.53700News Coverage
Gap Up
EM
Smart Share Global
0.8379 of 5 stars
$0.99
-0.5%
$1.00
+1.5%
+137.3%$255.68M$1.96B32.843,198
VSTA
Vasta Platform
1.7158 of 5 stars
$2.35
+3.1%
$3.00
+27.7%
-40.9%$182.79M$1.53B-33.572,012
CHGG
Chegg
4.6747 of 5 stars
$1.63
-9.1%
$4.69
+188.4%
-84.9%$169.81M$662.08M-0.201,979Short Interest ↑
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$20.10
-2.0%
N/A+161.0%$115.01M$41.92M-8.52620
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$1.75
-11.2%
N/A-7.0%$89.62M$3.74B1.771,029Gap Up
IH
iHuman
2.5772 of 5 stars
$1.60
+1.3%
N/A-42.4%$83.79M$939.96M4.711,120
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$0.78
-8.8%
N/AN/A$82.20M$117.73M0.0083Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:HCMA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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