Helios Technologies (HLIO) Competitors

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate HLIO or ACA?

Helios Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.95%. Arcosa has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.28%. Given Helios Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Arcosa.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Helios Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Arcosa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor HLIO or ACA?

In the previous week, Arcosa had 3 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Arcosa and 7 mentions for Helios Technologies. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Helios Technologies' score of 1.06 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Helios Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arcosa	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, HLIO or ACA?

Arcosa has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, 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
Helios Technologies	$805.90M	1.42	$37.50M	$1.17	29.34
Arcosa	$2.57B	1.56	$159.20M	$1.91	43.06

Is HLIO or ACA a better dividend stock?

Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Helios Technologies pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility & risk, HLIO or ACA?

Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HLIO or ACA more profitable?

Arcosa has a net margin of 5.17% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.57%. Helios Technologies' return on equity of 8.22% beat Arcosa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helios Technologies	4.57%	8.22%	4.50%
Arcosa	5.17%	6.64%	4.11%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HLIO or ACA?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Arcosa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HLIO or ACA?

Arcosa received 34 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.48% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote while only 44.76% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Helios Technologies	Outperform Votes 47 44.76%	Underperform Votes 58 55.24%
Arcosa	Outperform Votes 81 55.48%	Underperform Votes 65 44.52%

Summary

Arcosa beats Helios Technologies on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.