Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) and ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Does the media favor HOUR or TDUP?

In the previous week, Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ThredUp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hour Loop	Neutral
ThredUp	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, HOUR or TDUP?

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ThredUp has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HOUR or TDUP more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to ThredUp's net margin of -22.16%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat ThredUp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%
ThredUp	-22.16%	-78.74%	-29.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HOUR or TDUP?

ThredUp received 57 more outperform votes than Hour Loop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave ThredUp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
ThredUp	Outperform Votes 59 60.20%	Underperform Votes 39 39.80%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HOUR or TDUP?

0.3% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of ThredUp shares are held by institutional investors. 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of ThredUp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HOUR or TDUP?

ThredUp has a consensus target price of $3.40, indicating a potential upside of 139.44%. Given ThredUp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ThredUp is more favorable than Hour Loop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ThredUp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HOUR or TDUP?

Hour Loop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ThredUp. ThredUp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hour Loop, 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
Hour Loop	$143.31M	0.34	-$2.43M	$0.05	27.40
ThredUp	$313.76M	0.51	-$71.25M	-$0.64	-2.22

Summary

Hour Loop and ThredUp tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.