Legacy Housing (LEGH) Competitors

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, HLIO or LEGH?

Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legacy Housing has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HLIO or LEGH?

In the previous week, Helios Technologies and Helios Technologies both had 1 articles in the media. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Legacy Housing's score of 0.84 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Legacy Housing	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HLIO or LEGH more profitable?

Legacy Housing has a net margin of 33.11% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.57%. Legacy Housing's return on equity of 11.85% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helios Technologies	4.57%	8.22%	4.50%
Legacy Housing	33.11%	11.85%	10.56%

Do analysts rate HLIO or LEGH?

Helios Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.38%. Legacy Housing has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.04%. Given Helios Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Legacy Housing.

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
Legacy Housing	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HLIO or LEGH?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Legacy Housing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Legacy Housing 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 MarketBeat Community prefer HLIO or LEGH?

Legacy Housing received 48 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Legacy Housing an outperform vote while only 43.69% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Helios Technologies	Outperform Votes 45 43.69%	Underperform Votes 58 56.31%
Legacy Housing	Outperform Votes 93 57.76%	Underperform Votes 68 42.24%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HLIO or LEGH?

Legacy Housing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helios Technologies. Legacy Housing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, 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	1.75	$37.50M	$1.13	38.88
Legacy Housing	$189.14M	3.20	$54.46M	$2.17	11.55

Summary

Legacy Housing beats Helios Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.