Helios Technologies (HLIO) Competitors

Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) and Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SKY or HLIO?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Skyline Champion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SKY or HLIO?

Skyline Champion has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SKY or HLIO?

Skyline Champion currently has a consensus target price of $85.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.71%. Helios Technologies has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.38%. Given Helios Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Skyline Champion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyline Champion	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Helios Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SKY or HLIO more profitable?

Skyline Champion has a net margin of 6.42% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.57%. Skyline Champion's return on equity of 13.20% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyline Champion	6.42%	13.20%	9.79%
Helios Technologies	4.57%	8.22%	4.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKY or HLIO?

Helios Technologies received 18 more outperform votes than Skyline Champion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.69% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote while only 31.40% of users gave Skyline Champion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skyline Champion	Outperform Votes 27 31.40%	Underperform Votes 59 68.60%
Helios Technologies	Outperform Votes 45 43.69%	Underperform Votes 58 56.31%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SKY or HLIO?

Skyline Champion has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. Skyline Champion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, 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
Skyline Champion	$2.02B	2.57	$146.70M	$2.59	34.97
Helios Technologies	$835.60M	1.75	$37.50M	$1.13	38.88

Does the media favor SKY or HLIO?

In the previous week, Skyline Champion had 6 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Skyline Champion and 1 mentions for Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Skyline Champion's score of 0.92 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skyline Champion	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Helios Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Skyline Champion beats Helios Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.