iPower (IPW) Competitors

iPower (NYSE:IPW) and Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IPW or HOUR?

iPower received 5 more outperform votes than Hour Loop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Hour Loop an outperform vote while only 10.77% of users gave iPower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iPower	Outperform Votes 7 10.77%	Underperform Votes 58 89.23%
Hour Loop	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IPW or HOUR?

2.7% of iPower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of iPower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IPW or HOUR?

iPower presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 354.55%. Given iPower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe iPower is more favorable than Hour Loop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iPower	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hour Loop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is IPW or HOUR more profitable?

Hour Loop has a net margin of 1.24% compared to iPower's net margin of -0.17%. Hour Loop's return on equity of 31.06% beat iPower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iPower	-0.17%	3.07%	1.38%
Hour Loop	1.24%	31.06%	7.99%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IPW or HOUR?

iPower has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hour Loop.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iPower	$86.07M	0.22	-$1.53M	N/A	N/A
Hour Loop	$132.12M	0.51	-$2.43M	$0.05	38.41

Which has more risk and volatility, IPW or HOUR?

iPower has a beta of 3.67, meaning that its stock price is 267% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hour Loop has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to IPW or HOUR?

In the previous week, iPower and iPower both had 1 articles in the media. Hour Loop's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat iPower's score of 0.25 indicating that Hour Loop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iPower	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hour Loop	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hour Loop beats iPower on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.