HYFM vs. GORO, USAU, CGA, LODE, WWR, VGZ, FSI, FEAM, UAMY, and ZKIN
Should you be buying Hydrofarm Holdings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hydrofarm Holdings Group include Gold Resource (GORO), U.S. Gold (USAU), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Comstock (LODE), Westwater Resources (WWR), Vista Gold (VGZ), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM), United States Antimony (UAMY), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Gold Resource (NYSE:GORO) and Hydrofarm Holdings Group (NASDAQ:HYFM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Hydrofarm Holdings Group had 6 more articles in the media than Gold Resource. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hydrofarm Holdings Group and 1 mentions for Gold Resource. Gold Resource's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hydrofarm Holdings Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Hydrofarm Holdings Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gold Resource presently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 187.91%. Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a consensus target price of $0.90, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Given Hydrofarm Holdings Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gold Resource is more favorable than Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
18.4% of Gold Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gold Resource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Hydrofarm Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gold Resource has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hydrofarm Holdings Group. Gold Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydrofarm Holdings Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group received 26 more outperform votes than Gold Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.21% of users gave Hydrofarm Holdings Group an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Gold Resource an outperform vote.
Gold Resource has a net margin of -22.30% compared to Gold Resource's net margin of -27.71%. Gold Resource's return on equity of -16.55% beat Hydrofarm Holdings Group's return on equity.
Gold Resource has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hydrofarm Holdings Group has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hydrofarm Holdings Group beats Gold Resource on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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