HGBL vs. RSSS, STCN, MNY, NMI, FCAP, FXNC, SBFG, CFBK, BSBK, and PROV
Should you be buying Heritage Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Global include Research Solutions (RSSS), Steel Connect (STCN), MoneyHero (MNY), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), First Capital (FCAP), First National (FXNC), SB Financial Group (SBFG), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Bogota Financial (BSBK), and Provident Financial (PROV).
Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) and Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Research Solutions had 24 more articles in the media than Heritage Global. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Research Solutions and 1 mentions for Heritage Global. Heritage Global's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Research Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Research Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Heritage Global's net margin of -1.05%. Research Solutions' return on equity of 23.50% beat Heritage Global's return on equity.
33.6% of Research Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Heritage Global shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Research Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Heritage Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Research Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $4.78, suggesting a potential upside of 63.81%. Heritage Global has a consensus price target of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 105.88%. Given Research Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Heritage Global is more favorable than Research Solutions.
Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than Research Solutions. Research Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Research Solutions received 4 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.92% of users gave Research Solutions an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.
Research Solutions has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Global has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Heritage Global beats Research Solutions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Heritage Global News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HGBL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HGBL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Heritage Global Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
