HCSG vs. DLX, PSFE, TIXT, NYAX, MDRX, PCT, ARIS, KELYA, NRC, and GB
Should you be buying Healthcare Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Services Group include Deluxe (DLX), Paysafe (PSFE), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Nayax (NYAX), Veradigm (MDRX), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Kelly Services (KELYA), National Research (NRC), and Global Blue Group (GB).
Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Healthcare Services Group had 22 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Healthcare Services Group and 4 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Deluxe currently has a consensus target price of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.96%. Healthcare Services Group has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Given Healthcare Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Healthcare Services Group.
Healthcare Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Deluxe. Healthcare Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Services Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 1.20%. Healthcare Services Group's return on equity of 21.53% beat Deluxe's return on equity.
93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Deluxe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Healthcare Services Group received 30 more outperform votes than Deluxe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.50% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
Deluxe has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Deluxe beats Healthcare Services Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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