Contrasting HH&L Acquisition (HHLA) & Its Rivals

HH&L Acquisition (NYSE:HHLA – Get Rating) is one of 682 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare HH&L Acquisition to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares HH&L Acquisition and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HH&L Acquisition	N/A	1.45%	0.32%
HH&L Acquisition Competitors	49.62%	-28.80%	2.69%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.1% of HH&L Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for HH&L Acquisition and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HH&L Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A
HH&L Acquisition Competitors	172	672	953	20	2.45

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 69.47%. Given HH&L Acquisition’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HH&L Acquisition has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HH&L Acquisition and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HH&L Acquisition	N/A	$1.32 million	-17.23
HH&L Acquisition Competitors	$1.22 billion	$61.54 million	-16.57

HH&L Acquisition’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than HH&L Acquisition. HH&L Acquisition 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.

Summary

HH&L Acquisition competitors beat HH&L Acquisition on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

HH&L Acquisition Company Profile (Get Rating)

HH&L Acquisition Co. is a blank check company. HH&L Acquisition Co. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.