LEGH vs. HLIO, LOMA, JBI, JELD, CPAC, CIX, SMID, VATE, CSTE, and ACU
Should you be buying Legacy Housing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legacy Housing include Helios Technologies (HLIO), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Janus International Group (JBI), JELD-WEN (JELD), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), INNOVATE (VATE), Caesarstone (CSTE), and Acme United (ACU). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Legacy Housing vs.
Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Helios Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.86%. Legacy Housing has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.63%. Given Helios Technologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than Legacy Housing.
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.
In the previous week, Legacy Housing had 1 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Legacy Housing and 1 mentions for Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Legacy Housing's score of 0.37 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Legacy Housing received 47 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Legacy Housing an outperform vote while only 44.23% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.
Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legacy Housing has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Legacy Housing beats Helios Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LEGH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff