PlayAGS (AGS) Competitors

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and PlayAGS (NYSE:AGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Is HI or AGS more profitable?

PlayAGS has a net margin of 1.89% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.00% beat PlayAGS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hillenbrand	-7.12%	15.00%	4.26%
PlayAGS	1.89%	10.37%	1.09%

Do analysts recommend HI or AGS?

Hillenbrand currently has a consensus target price of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.44%. PlayAGS has a consensus target price of $12.63, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than PlayAGS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hillenbrand	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
PlayAGS	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HI or AGS?

89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of PlayAGS shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of PlayAGS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HI or AGS?

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 2 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hillenbrand and 4 mentions for PlayAGS. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat PlayAGS's score of 0.73 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hillenbrand	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PlayAGS	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HI or AGS?

PlayAGS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PlayAGS, 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
Hillenbrand	$3.12B	0.59	-$211M	-$3.14	-8.28
PlayAGS	$394.87M	1.27	$430K	$1.20	10.12

Which has more risk and volatility, HI or AGS?

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PlayAGS has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HI or AGS?

Hillenbrand received 41 more outperform votes than PlayAGS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.48% of users gave PlayAGS an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hillenbrand	Outperform Votes 281 56.54%	Underperform Votes 216 43.46%
PlayAGS	Outperform Votes 240 66.48%	Underperform Votes 121 33.52%

Summary

Hillenbrand beats PlayAGS on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.