Helios Technologies (HLIO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	$835.60M	1.54	$37.50M	$1.13	34.29
Arcosa	$2.31B	1.96	$159.20M	$2.63	35.28

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLIO or ACA?

Arcosa received 35 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.48% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote while only 44.23% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Helios Technologies	Outperform Votes 46 44.23%	Underperform Votes 58 55.77%
Arcosa	Outperform Votes 81 55.48%	Underperform Votes 65 44.52%

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%

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 0.9%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Helios Technologies pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 7.6% 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.

Does the media favor HLIO or ACA?

In the previous week, Arcosa had 1 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Arcosa and 1 mentions for Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Arcosa's score of 0.47 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts recommend HLIO or ACA?

Helios Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.86%. Arcosa has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.70%. Given Helios Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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

Which has more risk & volatility, HLIO or ACA?

Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HLIO or ACA?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Arcosa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Arcosa beats Helios Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.