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Global Gas (HGAS) Competitors

$0.16 -0.13 (-44.83%)
As of 03/3/2025 03:46 PM Eastern

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

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), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LSB Industries (LXU), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), NL Industries (NL), and Venator Materials (VNTR). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 78.5% of Global Gas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Linde had 37 more articles in the media than Global Gas. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Linde and 0 mentions for Global Gas. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Global Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Linde Very Positive
Global Gas Neutral

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Global Gas.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Linde$33.01B6.60$6.57B$13.6133.86
Global GasN/AN/A-$300KN/AN/A

Linde presently has a consensus price target of $501.82, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Global Gas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Linde has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Gas has a beta of -0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Global Gas' net margin of 0.00%. Linde's return on equity of 18.71% beat Global Gas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde19.89% 18.71% 9.25%
Global Gas N/A N/A -44.96%

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$1.30M$28.66B$8.77B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%11.79%3.97%
P/E RatioN/A11.1912.4419.24
Price / SalesN/A3.70276.39110.19
Price / CashN/A56.3511.8834.58
Price / Book-2.0014.453.664.28
Net Income-$300,000.00$731.97M$810.14M$247.04M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-4.49%-4.05%-3.26%
1 Month Performance-44.77%-13.48%-8.28%-6.57%
1 Year Performance-91.96%-12.23%-0.41%4.00%

Global Gas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HGAS
Global Gas
N/A$0.16
-44.8%
N/A-92.0%$1.30MN/A0.002Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LIN
Linde
3.4023 of 5 stars
$467.49
+2.0%
$501.82
+7.3%
+2.9%$222.60B$33.03B34.3566,323Dividend Increase
Positive News
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
4.8281 of 5 stars
$317.51
+2.6%
$339.94
+7.1%
+31.5%$70.64B$12.10B18.4423,000Positive News
MTX
Minerals Technologies
4.3392 of 5 stars
$70.74
+1.4%
$101.00
+42.8%
-6.8%$2.26B$2.12B13.664,070
TROX
Tronox
4.3299 of 5 stars
$7.88
-1.4%
$15.57
+97.7%
-53.1%$1.24B$3.07B-25.406,500
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.6413 of 5 stars
$8.83
+1.4%
$12.00
+36.0%
-8.1%$1.02B$1.86B10.902,196Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
LXU
LSB Industries
3.8361 of 5 stars
$7.85
+1.8%
$10.75
+37.0%
-4.9%$561.86M$593.71M-37.36570
VHI
Valhi
2.6863 of 5 stars
$17.46
-7.8%
$20.00
+14.5%
+17.9%$494.03M$2.08B5.602,196Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LXFR
Luxfer
3.0918 of 5 stars
$13.83
-0.9%
N/A+23.4%$370.30M$384.40M41.891,400Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
NL
NL Industries
1.0411 of 5 stars
$7.03
-1.3%
$6.00
-14.7%
+29.8%$343.60M$150.69M5.862,820Dividend Increase
VNTR
Venator Materials
N/A$450.00
flat
N/AN/A$28.75M$2.17B-258.623,685

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This page (NASDAQ:HGAS) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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