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INNOVATE (HCHC) Competitors

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HCHC vs. PRLB, GIFI, VATE, TPCS, VMI, and ACA

Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include Proto Labs (PRLB), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), INNOVATE (VATE), TechPrecision (TPCS), Valmont Industries (VMI), and Arcosa (ACA).

INNOVATE vs.

INNOVATE (NYSE:HCHC) and Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) are both small-cap conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

36.5% of INNOVATE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Proto Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.5% of INNOVATE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Proto Labs has a consensus price target of $40.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.44%. Given Proto Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Proto Labs is more favorable than INNOVATE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
INNOVATE
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Proto Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Proto Labs received 55 more outperform votes than INNOVATE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.76% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote while only 52.01% of users gave INNOVATE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
INNOVATEOutperform Votes
272
52.01%
Underperform Votes
251
47.99%
Proto LabsOutperform Votes
327
62.76%
Underperform Votes
194
37.24%

Proto Labs has a net margin of 4.76% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -3.10%. Proto Labs' return on equity of 3.49% beat INNOVATE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
INNOVATE-3.10% -15.62% -1.13%
Proto Labs 4.76%3.49%3.14%

Proto Labs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INNOVATE.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
INNOVATE$1.01B0.40-$92MN/AN/A
Proto Labs$503.88M1.95$17.22M$0.9442.72

INNOVATE has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proto Labs has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Proto Labs had 8 more articles in the media than INNOVATE. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Proto Labs and 0 mentions for INNOVATE. Proto Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat INNOVATE's score of 0.32 indicating that Proto Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
INNOVATE Neutral
Proto Labs Positive

Summary

Proto Labs beats INNOVATE on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HCHC vs. The Competition

MetricINNOVATEFabricated Structural Metal Products IndustryConglomerates SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$397.66M$2.17B$22.08B$20.04B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%2.79%3.61%
P/E Ratio-7.8618.533.9141.77
Price / Sales0.401.270.6217.54
Price / Cash63.9713.8349.8117.54
Price / Book0.652.820.415.86
Net Income-$92M$42.21M$2.36B$1.01B

INNOVATE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCHC
INNOVATE
N/A$9.52
+86.3%
N/A+382.1%$740.85M$1.01B-14.652,803Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PRLB
Proto Labs
1.7771 of 5 stars
$38.47
-1.2%
$40.33
+4.8%
+11.2%$942.85M$503.88M40.922,415Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.8321 of 5 stars
$7.03
-0.3%
N/A+63.5%$114.94M$151.07M6.70960Positive News
High Trading Volume
VATE
INNOVATE
0.8471 of 5 stars
$5.11
+4.7%
N/A-10.4%$67.76M$1.42B-1.434,024Gap Up
TPCS
TechPrecision
0.3433 of 5 stars
$3.21
+1.9%
N/A-12.1%$30.87M$32.21M-3.53160Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
VMI
Valmont Industries
4.2742 of 5 stars
$337.00
+0.3%
$381.00
+13.1%
+49.4%$6.75B$4.17B22.8911,125Positive News
ACA
Arcosa
3.4549 of 5 stars
$97.77
+0.8%
$105.50
+7.9%
+26.8%$4.77B$2.31B37.186,075High Trading Volume

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