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Global Gas (HGAS) Competitors

$0.30 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 01/29/2025

HGAS vs. LIN, APD, VNTR, MTX, TROX, KRO, LXU, VHI, NL, and LXFR

Should you be buying Global Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Gas include Linde (LIN), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Venator Materials (VNTR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LSB Industries (LXU), Valhi (VHI), NL Industries (NL), and Luxfer (LXFR). These companies are all part of the "industrial inorganic chemicals" industry.

Global Gas vs.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and Global Gas (NASDAQ:HGAS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

Linde received 356 more outperform votes than Global Gas when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LindeOutperform Votes
356
63.69%
Underperform Votes
203
36.31%
Global GasN/AN/A

Linde presently has a consensus price target of $501.82, suggesting a potential upside of 12.42%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Linde is more favorable than Global Gas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Global Gas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Linde has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Global Gas' net margin of 0.00%. Linde's return on equity of 18.16% beat Global Gas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde19.33% 18.16% 9.05%
Global Gas N/A N/A -44.96%

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Global Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Linde shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.5% of Global Gas shares are held 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.

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Global Gas.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Linde$32.85B6.47$6.20B$13.1733.89
Global GasN/AN/A-$300KN/AN/A

Linde has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Gas has a beta of -0.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Linde had 36 more articles in the media than Global Gas. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Linde and 0 mentions for Global Gas. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Global Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Linde Positive
Global Gas Neutral

Summary

Linde beats Global Gas on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HGAS vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal GasIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.44M$31.52B$9.19B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.54%11.58%3.98%
P/E RatioN/A12.6813.3417.66
Price / SalesN/A4.3945.6581.09
Price / CashN/A62.2512.0837.71
Price / Book-3.7514.624.374.73
Net Income-$300,000.00$680.75M$947.35M$225.42M
7 Day Performance0.17%3.69%-3.03%-0.44%
1 Month Performance57.43%13.52%3.45%3.57%
1 Year Performance-89.48%2.06%456.14%19.20%

Global Gas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HGAS
Global Gas
N/A$0.30
flat
N/A-89.5%$2.44MN/A0.002
LIN
Linde
4.7363 of 5 stars
$442.87
+1.6%
$495.75
+11.9%
+8.1%$210.99B$32.85B33.6566,323Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
4.6076 of 5 stars
$320.12
+0.7%
$332.71
+3.9%
+25.4%$71.18B$12.10B18.6323,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
VNTR
Venator Materials
N/A$555.55
+11.1%
N/A-49.2%$59.44B$2.17B-319.283,685
MTX
Minerals Technologies
4.3833 of 5 stars
$76.87
+0.9%
N/A+15.0%$2.45B$2.17B16.294,070Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TROX
Tronox
3.9638 of 5 stars
$10.39
+4.2%
$16.50
+58.8%
-28.8%$1.64B$2.85B-21.676,500Analyst Forecast
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
2.7822 of 5 stars
$9.75
+2.3%
$12.00
+23.1%
+1.1%$1.12B$1.67B12.032,196Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
LXU
LSB Industries
3.5373 of 5 stars
$9.34
+3.0%
$10.75
+15.1%
+3.5%$668.93M$593.71M-44.47570
VHI
Valhi
0.9043 of 5 stars
$22.71
-5.7%
$20.00
-11.9%
+52.3%$642.69M$1.92B7.282,196News Coverage
NL
NL Industries
0.8464 of 5 stars
$7.76
+4.9%
$6.00
-22.6%
+54.5%$378.83M$161.30M6.462,820Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
LXFR
Luxfer
3.5516 of 5 stars
$13.81
+0.6%
N/A+70.5%$369.97M$405M41.861,400Ex-Dividend

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This page (NASDAQ:HGAS) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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