WLFC vs. HDSN, ASLE, LAWS, MRC, BXC, DXPE, TITN, ACET, KAMN, and AIT
Should you be buying Willis Lease Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Lease Finance include Hudson Technologies (HDSN), AerSale (ASLE), Lawson Products (LAWS), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), Kaman (KAMN), and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT).
Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) and Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Hudson Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.0% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Hudson Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Willis Lease Finance. Willis Lease Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Willis Lease Finance had 9 more articles in the media than Hudson Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Willis Lease Finance and 4 mentions for Hudson Technologies. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Willis Lease Finance's score of 0.31 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudson Technologies received 181 more outperform votes than Willis Lease Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Willis Lease Finance an outperform vote.
Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 16.70% compared to Willis Lease Finance's net margin of 13.45%. Hudson Technologies' return on equity of 21.59% beat Willis Lease Finance's return on equity.
Hudson Technologies has a consensus target price of $12.40, suggesting a potential upside of 39.17%. Given Hudson Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudson Technologies is more favorable than Willis Lease Finance.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats Willis Lease Finance on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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