HELE vs. NC, IRBT, WHR, HBB, ATER, FEBO, DAR, FRPT, RH, and FLO
Should you be buying Helen of Troy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helen of Troy include NACCO Industries (NC), iRobot (IRBT), Whirlpool (WHR), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), Aterian (ATER), Fenbo (FEBO), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Freshpet (FRPT), RH (RH), and Flowers Foods (FLO).
Helen of Troy vs.
NACCO Industries (NYSE:NC) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NACCO Industries has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Helen of Troy has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.95%. Given Helen of Troy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than NACCO Industries.
In the previous week, Helen of Troy had 9 more articles in the media than NACCO Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Helen of Troy and 2 mentions for NACCO Industries. NACCO Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.89 indicating that NACCO Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Helen of Troy has higher revenue and earnings than NACCO Industries. NACCO Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helen of Troy received 125 more outperform votes than NACCO Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.99% of users gave NACCO Industries an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats NACCO Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HELE) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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