ADTN vs. RGP, RXT, GGR, TTEC, RERE, SOS, BBCP, NEXN, GCI, and TBI
Should you be buying ADTRAN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADTRAN include Resources Connection (RGP), Rackspace Technology (RXT), Gogoro (GGR), TTEC (TTEC), ATRenew (RERE), SOS (SOS), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Nexxen International (NEXN), Gannett (GCI), and TrueBlue (TBI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN) and Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Resources Connection has a net margin of 3.34% compared to ADTRAN's net margin of -21.80%. Resources Connection's return on equity of 6.86% beat ADTRAN's return on equity.
80.6% of ADTRAN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ADTRAN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Resources Connection shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ADTRAN received 417 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.56% of users gave ADTRAN an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.
Resources Connection has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ADTRAN. ADTRAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resources Connection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ADTRAN has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resources Connection has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ADTRAN had 2 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ADTRAN and 4 mentions for Resources Connection. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat ADTRAN's score of 0.34 indicating that Resources Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ADTRAN presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 137.02%. Resources Connection has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.62%. Given ADTRAN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ADTRAN is more favorable than Resources Connection.
Summary
Resources Connection beats ADTRAN on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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