HireQuest (HQI) Competitors

DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) 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 dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLHC or HQI?

DLH received 280 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.24% of users gave DLH an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLH	Outperform Votes 289 65.24%	Underperform Votes 154 34.76%
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 9 56.25%	Underperform Votes 7 43.75%

Does the media prefer DLHC or HQI?

In the previous week, DLH had 8 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DLH and 0 mentions for HireQuest. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat DLH's score of 0.00 indicating that DLH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DLH	Neutral
HireQuest	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DLHC or HQI?

67.3% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of DLH shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of HireQuest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DLHC or HQI?

HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DLH. HireQuest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DLH	$402.57M	0.41	$1.46M	$0.21	55.33
HireQuest	$37.88M	4.78	$6.14M	$0.45	28.71

Do analysts prefer DLHC or HQI?

HireQuest has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.54%. Given DLH's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than DLH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DLHC or HQI more profitable?

HireQuest has a net margin of 16.20% compared to HireQuest's net margin of 0.76%. DLH's return on equity of 10.37% beat HireQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLH	0.76%	7.66%	2.37%
HireQuest	16.20%	10.37%	6.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, DLHC or HQI?

DLH has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HireQuest beats DLH on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.