SIFCO Industries (SIF) Competitors

New Horizon Aircraft (NASDAQ:HOVR) and SIFCO Industries (NYSE:SIF) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HOVR or SIF?

66.0% of New Horizon Aircraft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of SIFCO Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of New Horizon Aircraft shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of SIFCO Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to HOVR or SIF?

In the previous week, SIFCO Industries had 1 more articles in the media than New Horizon Aircraft. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SIFCO Industries and 2 mentions for New Horizon Aircraft. New Horizon Aircraft's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat SIFCO Industries' score of 0.01 indicating that New Horizon Aircraft is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Horizon Aircraft	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SIFCO Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, HOVR or SIF?

New Horizon Aircraft has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIFCO Industries has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HOVR or SIF?

New Horizon Aircraft presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Given New Horizon Aircraft's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe New Horizon Aircraft is more favorable than SIFCO Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Horizon Aircraft	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
SIFCO Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HOVR or SIF more profitable?

New Horizon Aircraft has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SIFCO Industries' net margin of -4.35%. SIFCO Industries' return on equity of -18.70% beat New Horizon Aircraft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	-104.57%	185.73%
SIFCO Industries	-4.35%	-18.70%	-5.84%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HOVR or SIF?

SIFCO Industries has higher revenue and earnings than New Horizon Aircraft.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	N/A	-$8.16M	N/A	N/A
SIFCO Industries	$83.55M	0.57	-$5.38M	-$0.13	-59.12

Summary

New Horizon Aircraft beats SIFCO Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.