Hour Loop (HOUR) Competitors

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

Is LGCB or HOUR more profitable?

Linkage Global has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Linkage Global's net margin of -0.09%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 0.00% beat Linkage Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Linkage Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	-0.09%	-2.60%	-0.62%

Do analysts recommend LGCB or HOUR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Linkage Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LGCB or HOUR?

Hour Loop received 2 more outperform votes than Linkage Global when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Linkage Global	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LGCB or HOUR?

Linkage Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hour Loop.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Linkage Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	$132.12M	0.29	-$2.43M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to LGCB or HOUR?

In the previous week, Hour Loop had 8 more articles in the media than Linkage Global. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hour Loop and 0 mentions for Linkage Global. Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Linkage Global's score of -0.26 indicating that Linkage Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Linkage Global	Neutral
Hour Loop	Neutral

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

0.3% of Linkage Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hour Loop shares are owned by institutional investors. 95.1% of Hour Loop 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.

Summary

Linkage Global and Hour Loop tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.