Holley (HLLY) Competitors

Holley (NYSE:HLLY) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HLLY or ADNT?

Holley has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Adient. Holley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, 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
Holley	$659.70M	0.57	$19.18M	$0.13	24.27
Adient	$14.69B	0.10	$18M	$0.23	75.07

Which has more volatility and risk, HLLY or ADNT?

Holley has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HLLY or ADNT?

Holley presently has a consensus target price of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 109.98%. Adient has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.11%. Given Holley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Holley is more favorable than Adient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Holley	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Adient	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Is HLLY or ADNT more profitable?

Holley has a net margin of 2.55% compared to Adient's net margin of 0.12%. Adient's return on equity of 6.86% beat Holley's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Holley	2.55%	2.59%	0.98%
Adient	0.12%	6.86%	1.79%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HLLY or ADNT?

39.7% of Holley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Holley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Adient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HLLY or ADNT?

In the previous week, Holley and Holley both had 1 articles in the media. Adient's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Holley's score of 0.00 indicating that Adient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Holley	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Adient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLLY or ADNT?

Adient received 527 more outperform votes than Holley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.60% of users gave Holley an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Holley	Outperform Votes 58 71.60%	Underperform Votes 23 28.40%
Adient	Outperform Votes 585 59.21%	Underperform Votes 403 40.79%

Summary

Adient beats Holley on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.