NewHold Investment Corp III (NHIC) versus The Competition Head to Head Review

NewHold Investment Corp III (NASDAQ:NHIC) is one of 79 public companies in the “UNCLASSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare NewHold Investment Corp III to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.9% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of shares of all “UNCLASSIFIED” companies are held 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.

Volatility & Risk

NewHold Investment Corp III has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewHold Investment Corp III’s peers have a beta of 0.03, indicating that their average share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares NewHold Investment Corp III and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NewHold Investment Corp III	N/A	-79.90%	2.50%
NewHold Investment Corp III Competitors	-204.08%	-207.40%	-58.78%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NewHold Investment Corp III and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NewHold Investment Corp III	N/A	$4.92 million	91.67
NewHold Investment Corp III Competitors	$48.73 million	-$48.48 million	90.17

NewHold Investment Corp III’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NewHold Investment Corp III. NewHold Investment Corp III is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for NewHold Investment Corp III and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NewHold Investment Corp III	1	0	0	0	1.00
NewHold Investment Corp III Competitors	523	239	205	4	1.68

As a group, “UNCLASSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 19.84%. Given NewHold Investment Corp III’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NewHold Investment Corp III has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

NewHold Investment Corp III peers beat NewHold Investment Corp III on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

NewHold Investment Corp III Company Profile

NewHold Investment Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination, with one or more target businesses. The company was formerly known as NewHold Industrial Corp. and changed its name to NewHold Investment Corp. in February 2020. NewHold Investment Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Houston, Texas.