High Tide (HITI) Competitors

Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) and High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, DDL or HITI?

Dingdong (Cayman) has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Tide has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DDL or HITI?

High Tide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dingdong (Cayman). High Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dingdong (Cayman), 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
Dingdong (Cayman)	$23.07B	0.03	-$14.07M	$0.15	18.57
High Tide	$536.70M	0.30	-$3.19M	-$0.05	-39.50

Does the media refer more to DDL or HITI?

In the previous week, High Tide had 23 more articles in the media than Dingdong (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for High Tide and 1 mentions for Dingdong (Cayman). Dingdong (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat High Tide's score of 0.61 indicating that Dingdong (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dingdong (Cayman)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
High Tide	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DDL or HITI?

High Tide has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 127.85%. Given High Tide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe High Tide is more favorable than Dingdong (Cayman).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dingdong (Cayman)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
High Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DDL or HITI?

24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of High Tide shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of High Tide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DDL or HITI?

Dingdong (Cayman) and High Tide both received 12 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 46.15% of users gave High Tide an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Dingdong (Cayman) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dingdong (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 12 44.44%	Underperform Votes 15 55.56%
High Tide	Outperform Votes 12 46.15%	Underperform Votes 14 53.85%

Is DDL or HITI more profitable?

Dingdong (Cayman) has a net margin of 0.90% compared to High Tide's net margin of -0.81%. Dingdong (Cayman)'s return on equity of 40.86% beat High Tide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dingdong (Cayman)	0.90%	40.86%	2.88%
High Tide	-0.81%	-2.93%	-1.78%

Summary

Dingdong (Cayman) and High Tide tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.