Helix Acquisition Corp. II (HLXB) Competitors

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) and Helix Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:HLXB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is AC or HLXB more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 412.90% compared to Helix Acquisition Corp. II's net margin of 0.00%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 6.21% beat Helix Acquisition Corp. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated Capital Group	412.90%	6.21%	5.90%
Helix Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, AC or HLXB?

Associated Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Associated Capital Group	$13.66M	56.63	$37.45M	$2.63	13.85
Helix Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AC or HLXB?

8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Helix Acquisition Corp. II shares are held by institutional investors. 87.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AC or HLXB?

In the previous week, Associated Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than Helix Acquisition Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Associated Capital Group and 0 mentions for Helix Acquisition Corp. II. Helix Acquisition Corp. II's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Associated Capital Group's score of -0.40 indicating that Helix Acquisition Corp. II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Associated Capital Group	Neutral
Helix Acquisition Corp. II	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AC or HLXB?

Associated Capital Group received 126 more outperform votes than Helix Acquisition Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Associated Capital Group	Outperform Votes 126 53.62%	Underperform Votes 109 46.38%
Helix Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A

Summary

Associated Capital Group beats Helix Acquisition Corp. II on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.