HELE vs. IRBT, NC, WHR, HBB, ATER, FEBO, LANC, BRFS, FIZZ, and FLO
Should you be buying Helen of Troy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helen of Troy include iRobot (IRBT), NACCO Industries (NC), Whirlpool (WHR), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), Aterian (ATER), Fenbo (FEBO), Lancaster Colony (LANC), BRF (BRFS), National Beverage (FIZZ), and Flowers Foods (FLO).
Helen of Troy vs.
iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both small-cap industrial products 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.
iRobot received 238 more outperform votes than Helen of Troy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave iRobot an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
77.4% of iRobot shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of iRobot 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.
iRobot has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% 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 net margin of 6.05% compared to iRobot's net margin of -16.15%. Helen of Troy's return on equity of 9.13% beat iRobot's return on equity.
In the previous week, iRobot had 4 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for iRobot and 3 mentions for Helen of Troy. Helen of Troy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat iRobot's score of 0.08 indicating that Helen of Troy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
iRobot currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.89%. Helen of Troy has a consensus target price of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.49%. Given iRobot's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe iRobot is more favorable than Helen of Troy.
Helen of Troy has higher revenue and earnings than iRobot. iRobot 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.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats iRobot on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HELE) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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