WHR vs. HELE, IRBT, NC, SN, AOS, COOK, VIOT, RAY, FWONA, and IHG
Should you be buying Whirlpool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whirlpool include Helen of Troy (HELE), iRobot (IRBT), NACCO Industries (NC), SharkNinja (SN), A. O. Smith (AOS), Traeger (COOK), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Raytech (RAY), Formula One Group (FWONA), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
Whirlpool vs.
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
90.8% of Whirlpool shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Whirlpool shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Helen of Troy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Helen of Troy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Whirlpool. Whirlpool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Whirlpool had 21 more articles in the media than Helen of Troy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Whirlpool and 1 mentions for Helen of Troy. Whirlpool's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.00 indicating that Whirlpool is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whirlpool has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Whirlpool presently has a consensus price target of $112.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Helen of Troy has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.37%. Given Helen of Troy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Whirlpool.
Whirlpool received 290 more outperform votes than Helen of Troy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave Whirlpool an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 6.05% compared to Whirlpool's net margin of -1.95%. Whirlpool's return on equity of 21.89% beat Helen of Troy's return on equity.
Summary
Whirlpool beats Helen of Troy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WHR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
