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Hudson Technologies vs Richardson Electronics

HDSN and RELL side by side, both in wholesale trade-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How HDSN and RELL compare

Richardson Electronics is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Hudson Technologies ($299M against $188M).

Richardson Electronics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus 2.3% for Hudson Technologies).

Richardson Electronics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.6% compared with −0.54% at Hudson Technologies.

Richardson Electronics pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; Hudson Technologies does not pay one.

Richardson Electronics scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 9 for Hudson Technologies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricHDSNRELL
Size and price
Market cap$188M$299M
Share price$4.46$20.12
Change, 1 year−36.2%89.1%
Change, 5 years−6.3%73.9%
Beta (5Y)0.700.99
Employees281429
StockData Score
Total score914 (better)
Valuation score3 (better)1
Growth score03 (better)
Performance score02 (better)
Health score66
Dividend score02 (better)
Valuation
P/E–30.5×
P/S0.8× (better)1.3×
P/B0.8× (better)1.8×
EV/EBITDA36.9×18.3× (better)
P/FCF–1405×
FCF yield−16.8%0.07% (better)
Fair value$12.46$14.13
Margin of safety64.2% (better)−42.4%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)2.3%13.9% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average10.8% (better)5.3%
Net income growth (TTM)−106%4748% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−102%6500% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin21.0%32.2% (better)
Operating margin0.37%4.4% (better)
Net margin−0.54%3.6% (better)
FCF margin−13.0%0.09% (better)
Return on equity−0.51%5.2% (better)
Return on invested capital0.23%6.9% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.000.00
Current ratio3.404.65 (better)
Altman Z-score3.556.89 (better)
Piotroski F-score47 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–1.2%
Payout ratio–40.6%
Buyback yield8.9% (better)−1.0%
Shareholder yield8.9% (better)0.17%
Ownership
Held by institutions75.1%67.5%
Held by insiders14.1%29.9%
Insider net buying, 12 months$903K (better)−$4.0M
Short interest, % of float7.1%8.3%

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