HDSN vs. ASPN, GIC, STKL, CAPL, MGPI, ITRN, AMRK, RYI, CLMB, and ASLE
Should you be buying Hudson Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Technologies include Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Global Industrial (GIC), SunOpta (STKL), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), Ryerson (RYI), Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), and AerSale (ASLE). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Hudson Technologies vs.
Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) and Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.85, indicating a potential upside of 28.90%. Aspen Aerogels has a consensus target price of $29.11, indicating a potential upside of 128.77%. Given Aspen Aerogels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Hudson Technologies.
Hudson Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Hudson Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aspen Aerogels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aspen Aerogels had 7 more articles in the media than Hudson Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Aspen Aerogels and 2 mentions for Hudson Technologies. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Aspen Aerogels' score of 0.48 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aspen Aerogels received 27 more outperform votes than Hudson Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 12.49% compared to Aspen Aerogels' net margin of 0.36%. Hudson Technologies' return on equity of 12.74% beat Aspen Aerogels' return on equity.
Summary
Aspen Aerogels beats Hudson Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HDSN) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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