WHR vs. HELE, NC, IRBT, SN, AOS, COOK, VIOT, RAY, FWONA, and EDR
Should you be buying Whirlpool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whirlpool include Helen of Troy (HELE), NACCO Industries (NC), iRobot (IRBT), SharkNinja (SN), A. O. Smith (AOS), Traeger (COOK), Viomi Technology (VIOT), Raytech (RAY), Formula One Group (FWONA), and Endeavor Group (EDR).
Whirlpool vs.
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
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, Helen of Troy had 3 more articles in the media than Whirlpool. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Helen of Troy and 8 mentions for Whirlpool. Whirlpool's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Helen of Troy's score of 0.89 indicating that Whirlpool is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whirlpool currently has a consensus price target of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Helen of Troy has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.11%. Given Helen of Troy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Whirlpool.
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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Whirlpool has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats Whirlpool on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WHR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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