Critical Comparison: Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) vs. Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG)

Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) and Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollund Industrial Marine has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alta Equipment Group and Hollund Industrial Marine”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alta Equipment Group	$1.88 billion	0.11	-$62.10 million	($2.51)	-2.65
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hollund Industrial Marine has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alta Equipment Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Alta Equipment Group and Hollund Industrial Marine, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alta Equipment Group	1	3	1	1	2.33
Hollund Industrial Marine	0	0	0	0	0.00

Alta Equipment Group currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.54%. Given Alta Equipment Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than Hollund Industrial Marine.

Profitability

This table compares Alta Equipment Group and Hollund Industrial Marine’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alta Equipment Group	-4.34%	-175.61%	-5.41%
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Hollund Industrial Marine shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alta Equipment Group beats Hollund Industrial Marine on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alta Equipment Group

Alta Equipment Group Inc. owns and operates integrated equipment dealership platforms in the United States. It operates through three segments: Material Handling, Construction Equipment, and Master Distribution. The company operates a branch network that sells, rents, and provides parts and service support for various categories of specialized equipment, including lift trucks and other material handling equipment, heavy and compact earthmoving equipment, crushing and screening equipment, environmental processing equipment, cranes and aerial work platforms, paving and asphalt equipment, and other construction equipment and related products. It also offers repair and maintenance services for its equipment. In addition, the company designs and builds warehouses; provides automated equipment installation and system integration solutions; and distributes environmental processing equipment. It serves various manufacturing, food and beverage, automotive, municipal/government, education, pharmaceutical and medical, wholesale and retail distribution, construction, agriculture, road building, mining, recycling, and waste management sectors. Alta Equipment Group Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan.

About Hollund Industrial Marine

Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc., a development stage company, provides integrated project development services and solutions primarily for the underwater forest management. The company’s integrated project development services comprise resource and needs assessment, permitting, environmental and project planning, logging, milling, product branding, marketing, and sales. It also provides Tiger-Lynk machine system, a robot manipulator for heavy construction and repair, forest recovery, mining, flood emergency response, diver assistance, cutting, drilling, grappling, welding, dredging, raking, heavy transport, and other remote services. The company was formerly known as Hollund Industrial, Inc. and changed its name to Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. in July 2008. Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. is headquartered in Blaine, Washington.