HF Foods Group (HFFG) Competitors

AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) and HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale received 3 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.00% of users gave AerSale an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AerSale	Outperform Votes 12 48.00%	Underperform Votes 13 52.00%
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%

Does the media refer more to ASLE or HFFG?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 2 more articles in the media than AerSale. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HF Foods Group and 2 mentions for AerSale. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat AerSale's score of 0.64 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AerSale	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Foods Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.43%. Given AerSale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AerSale is more favorable than HF Foods Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AerSale	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ASLE or HFFG?

69.5% of AerSale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of AerSale shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ASLE or HFFG more profitable?

AerSale has a net margin of 0.12% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -0.16%. HF Foods Group's return on equity of 6.96% beat AerSale's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AerSale	0.12%	-0.24%	-0.18%
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ASLE or HFFG?

HF Foods Group has higher revenue and earnings than AerSale. HF Foods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AerSale, 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
AerSale	$334.50M	1.10	-$5.56M	$0.01	690.69
HF Foods Group	$1.15B	0.10	-$2.17M	-$0.03	-69.33

Summary

AerSale beats HF Foods Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.