Helen of Troy (HELE) Competitors

NACCO Industries (NYSE:NC) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NC or HELE?

Helen of Troy has higher revenue and earnings than NACCO Industries. Helen of Troy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NACCO Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NACCO Industries	$237.71M	1.13	-$39.59M	$4.58	7.90
Helen of Troy	$1.91B	0.40	$168.59M	$4.96	6.78

Do analysts rate NC or HELE?

Helen of Troy has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 129.03%. Given Helen of Troy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than NACCO Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NACCO Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Helen of Troy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NC or HELE?

49.1% of NACCO Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of NACCO Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Helen of Troy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NC or HELE more profitable?

Helen of Troy has a net margin of 6.05% compared to NACCO Industries' net margin of -7.94%. Helen of Troy's return on equity of 9.13% beat NACCO Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NACCO Industries	-7.94%	8.87%	6.13%
Helen of Troy	6.05%	9.13%	5.08%

Which has more volatility & risk, NC or HELE?

NACCO Industries has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NC or HELE?

In the previous week, Helen of Troy had 5 more articles in the media than NACCO Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Helen of Troy and 4 mentions for NACCO Industries. NACCO Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.63 indicating that NACCO Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NACCO Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Helen of Troy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NC or HELE?

Helen of Troy received 125 more outperform votes than NACCO Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.78% of users gave NACCO Industries an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NACCO Industries	Outperform Votes 199 63.78%	Underperform Votes 113 36.22%
Helen of Troy	Outperform Votes 324 57.55%	Underperform Votes 239 42.45%

Summary

Helen of Troy beats NACCO Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.