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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ASLE or HFFG?

69.5% of AerSale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of AerSale shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by 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 more risk & volatility, ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale received 3 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.15% 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 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%

Do analysts prefer ASLE or HFFG?

AerSale presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given AerSale's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$345.07M	1.22	-$5.56M	$0.11	72.00
HF Foods Group	$1.18B	0.08	-$2.17M	-$0.03	-61.67

Does the media refer more to ASLE or HFFG?

In the previous week, AerSale had 9 more articles in the media than HF Foods Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AerSale and 5 mentions for HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat AerSale's score of 0.29 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HF Foods Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AerSale beats HF Foods Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.