Contrasting Hour Loop (HOUR) and The Competition

Posted by Defense World Staff on Apr 25th, 2023

Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR – Get Rating) is one of 53 publicly-traded companies in the “Catalog & mail – order houses” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Hour Loop to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Hour Loop has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hour Loop’s competitors have a beta of 0.92, suggesting that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Hour Loop and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hour Loop	0	1	0	0	2.00
Hour Loop Competitors	189	1167	3503	49	2.70

Hour Loop presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. As a group, “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies have a potential upside of 54.31%. Given Hour Loop’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hour Loop has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hour Loop and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hour Loop	$95.93 million	-$1.48 million	-41.00
Hour Loop Competitors	$17.46 billion	-$175.65 million	-12.74

Hour Loop’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Hour Loop. Hour Loop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.6% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held by institutional investors. 95.1% of Hour Loop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of shares of all “Catalog & mail – order houses” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Hour Loop and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hour Loop	-1.54%	-20.18%	-6.49%
Hour Loop Competitors	-15.20%	-50.62%	-10.84%

Summary

Hour Loop competitors beat Hour Loop on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Hour Loop Company Profile

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Hour Loop, Inc., an online retailer, engages in e-commerce retailing in the United States. The company sells home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparel, and electronics products. It sells its products through hourloop.com, amazon.com, and walmart.com. Hour Loop, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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