JELD-WEN (JELD) Competitors

Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) and JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is HLIO or JELD more profitable?

Helios Technologies has a net margin of 4.57% compared to JELD-WEN's net margin of -3.98%. JELD-WEN's return on equity of 12.32% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helios Technologies	4.57%	8.22%	4.50%
JELD-WEN	-3.98%	12.32%	3.34%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLIO or JELD?

JELD-WEN received 268 more outperform votes than Helios Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.72% of users gave JELD-WEN an outperform vote while only 43.69% of users gave Helios Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Helios Technologies	Outperform Votes 45 43.69%	Underperform Votes 58 56.31%
JELD-WEN	Outperform Votes 313 54.72%	Underperform Votes 259 45.28%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HLIO or JELD?

JELD-WEN has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, 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
Helios Technologies	$835.60M	1.75	$37.50M	$1.13	38.88
JELD-WEN	$4.30B	0.19	$62.44M	-$1.83	-5.18

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HLIO or JELD?

94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Helios Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HLIO or JELD?

Helios Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.38%. JELD-WEN has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.42%. Given Helios Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Helios Technologies is more favorable than JELD-WEN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Helios Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
JELD-WEN	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Does the media prefer HLIO or JELD?

In the previous week, JELD-WEN had 10 more articles in the media than Helios Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for JELD-WEN and 1 mentions for Helios Technologies. Helios Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat JELD-WEN's score of 0.64 indicating that Helios Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Helios Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
JELD-WEN	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HLIO or JELD?

Helios Technologies has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JELD-WEN has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Helios Technologies and JELD-WEN tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.