Global Gas (HGAS) Competitors $0.30 0.00 (0.00%) As of 01/29/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsSEC FilingsTrends HGAS vs. LIN, APD, VNTR, MTX, TROX, KRO, LXU, VHI, NL, and LXFRShould 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 Air Products and Chemicals Venator Materials Minerals Technologies Tronox Kronos Worldwide LSB Industries Valhi NL Industries Luxfer 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. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LIN or HGAS? Linde received 356 more outperform votes than Global Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLindeOutperform Votes35663.69% Underperform Votes20336.31% Global GasN/AN/A Do analysts rate LIN or HGAS? 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) 2.69Global Gas 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is LIN or HGAS more profitable? 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% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LIN or HGAS? 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. Which has higher earnings and valuation, LIN or HGAS? Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Global Gas. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLinde$32.85B6.47$6.20B$13.1733.89Global GasN/AN/A-$300KN/AN/A Which has more volatility & risk, LIN or HGAS? 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. Does the media refer more to LIN or HGAS? 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 SummaryLinde beats Global Gas on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Global Gas News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HGAS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HGAS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGlobal GasIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.44M$31.52B$9.19B$9.14BDividend YieldN/A2.54%11.58%3.98%P/E RatioN/A12.6813.3417.66Price / SalesN/A4.3945.6581.09Price / CashN/A62.2512.0837.71Price / Book-3.7514.624.374.73Net Income-$300,000.00$680.75M$947.35M$225.42M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HGASGlobal GasN/A$0.30flatN/A-89.5%$2.44MN/A0.002LINLinde4.7363 of 5 stars$442.87+1.6%$495.75+11.9%+8.1%$210.99B$32.85B33.6566,323Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsAPDAir Products and Chemicals4.6076 of 5 stars$320.12+0.7%$332.71+3.9%+25.4%$71.18B$12.10B18.6323,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeVNTRVenator MaterialsN/A$555.55+11.1%N/A-49.2%$59.44B$2.17B-319.283,685MTXMinerals Technologies4.3833 of 5 stars$76.87+0.9%N/A+15.0%$2.45B$2.17B16.294,070Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastTROXTronox3.9638 of 5 stars$10.39+4.2%$16.50+58.8%-28.8%$1.64B$2.85B-21.676,500Analyst ForecastKROKronos Worldwide2.7822 of 5 stars$9.75+2.3%$12.00+23.1%+1.1%$1.12B$1.67B12.032,196Analyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑News CoverageLXULSB Industries3.5373 of 5 stars$9.34+3.0%$10.75+15.1%+3.5%$668.93M$593.71M-44.47570VHIValhi0.9043 of 5 stars$22.71-5.7%$20.00-11.9%+52.3%$642.69M$1.92B7.282,196News CoverageNLNL Industries0.8464 of 5 stars$7.76+4.9%$6.00-22.6%+54.5%$378.83M$161.30M6.462,820Short Interest ↓News CoverageLXFRLuxfer3.5516 of 5 stars$13.81+0.6%N/A+70.5%$369.97M$405M41.861,400Ex-Dividend Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Linde Competitors Air Products and Chemicals Competitors Venator Materials Competitors Minerals Technologies Competitors Tronox Competitors Kronos Worldwide Competitors LSB Industries Competitors Valhi Competitors NL Industries Competitors Luxfer Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:HGAS) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAlert: DOGE goes live"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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