Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. INNOVATE (HCHC) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsTrends HCHC vs. PRLB, GIFI, VATE, TPCS, VMI, and ACAShould 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. Proto Labs Gulf Island Fabrication INNOVATE TechPrecision Valmont Industries Arcosa 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. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HCHC or PRLB? 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. Do analysts rate HCHC or PRLB? 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) 0.00Proto Labs 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HCHC or PRLB? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformINNOVATEOutperform Votes27252.01% Underperform Votes25147.99% Proto LabsOutperform Votes32762.76% Underperform Votes19437.24% Is HCHC or PRLB more profitable? 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% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HCHC or PRLB? Proto Labs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INNOVATE. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioINNOVATE$1.01B0.40-$92MN/AN/AProto Labs$503.88M1.95$17.22M$0.9442.72 Which has more volatility & risk, HCHC or PRLB? 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. Does the media prefer HCHC or PRLB? 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 SummaryProto Labs beats INNOVATE on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get INNOVATE News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HCHC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HCHC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricINNOVATEFabricated Structural Metal Products IndustryConglomerates SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$397.66M$2.17B$22.08B$20.04BDividend YieldN/A0.46%2.79%3.61%P/E Ratio-7.8618.533.9141.77Price / Sales0.401.270.6217.54Price / Cash63.9713.8349.8117.54Price / Book0.652.820.415.86Net Income-$92M$42.21M$2.36B$1.01B INNOVATE Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HCHCINNOVATEN/A$9.52+86.3%N/A+382.1%$740.85M$1.01B-14.652,803Analyst ForecastGap UpHigh Trading VolumePRLBProto Labs1.7771 of 5 stars$38.47-1.2%$40.33+4.8%+11.2%$942.85M$503.88M40.922,415Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeGIFIGulf Island Fabrication1.8321 of 5 stars$7.03-0.3%N/A+63.5%$114.94M$151.07M6.70960Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeVATEINNOVATE0.8471 of 5 stars$5.11+4.7%N/A-10.4%$67.76M$1.42B-1.434,024Gap UpTPCSTechPrecision0.3433 of 5 stars$3.21+1.9%N/A-12.1%$30.87M$32.21M-3.53160Earnings ReportNews CoveragePositive NewsVMIValmont Industries4.2742 of 5 stars$337.00+0.3%$381.00+13.1%+49.4%$6.75B$4.17B22.8911,125Positive NewsACAArcosa3.4549 of 5 stars$97.77+0.8%$105.50+7.9%+26.8%$4.77B$2.31B37.186,075High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Proto Labs Competitors Gulf Island Fabrication Competitors INNOVATE Competitors TechPrecision Competitors Valmont Industries Competitors Arcosa Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:HCHC) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMedia Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re WrongElon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. 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