Avalon (AWX) Competitors

Avalon (NYSE:AWX) and ShiftPixy (NASDAQ:PIXY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

Is AWX or PIXY more profitable?

Avalon has a net margin of 1.17% compared to ShiftPixy's net margin of -197.48%. Avalon's return on equity of 2.72% beat ShiftPixy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avalon	1.17%	2.72%	1.10%
ShiftPixy	-197.48%	N/A	-515.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AWX or PIXY?

ShiftPixy received 110 more outperform votes than Avalon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.32% of users gave ShiftPixy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Avalon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avalon	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 83 100.00%
ShiftPixy	Outperform Votes 110 68.32%	Underperform Votes 51 31.68%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AWX or PIXY?

Avalon has higher revenue and earnings than ShiftPixy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avalon	$83.80M	0.13	-$1.77M	$0.33	8.33
ShiftPixy	$15.02M	2.94	-$33.63M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer AWX or PIXY?

In the previous week, Avalon had 1 more articles in the media than ShiftPixy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Avalon and 0 mentions for ShiftPixy. Avalon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ShiftPixy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avalon	Neutral
ShiftPixy	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AWX or PIXY?

Avalon has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ShiftPixy has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AWX or PIXY?

34.4% of Avalon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of ShiftPixy shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Avalon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.3% of ShiftPixy shares are held 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.

Summary

Avalon beats ShiftPixy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.