HF Foods Group (HFFG) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and A-Mark Precious Metals (NASDAQ:AMRK) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HFFG or AMRK?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts recommend HFFG or AMRK?

A-Mark Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 50.29%. Given A-Mark Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe A-Mark Precious Metals is more favorable than HF Foods Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
A-Mark Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HFFG or AMRK?

A-Mark Precious Metals received 204 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.80% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 213 56.80%	Underperform Votes 162 43.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, HFFG or AMRK?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HFFG or AMRK?

A-Mark Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A-Mark Precious Metals, 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
HF Foods Group	$1.15B	0.16	-$2.17M	-$0.03	-113.67
A-Mark Precious Metals	$9.70B	0.07	$68.55M	$2.35	13.12

Does the media prefer HFFG or AMRK?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 6 more articles in the media than A-Mark Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HF Foods Group and 1 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat HF Foods Group's score of 0.04 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
A-Mark Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HFFG or AMRK more profitable?

A-Mark Precious Metals has a net margin of 0.57% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -0.16%. A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity of 10.93% beat HF Foods Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.57%	10.93%	3.82%

Summary

A-Mark Precious Metals beats HF Foods Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.