RCM vs. FCFS, TNET, FOUR, MMS, EXLS, G, SPXC, EXPO, WU, and KD
Should you be buying R1 RCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of R1 RCM include FirstCash (FCFS), TriNet Group (TNET), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), Genpact (G), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Exponent (EXPO), Western Union (WU), and Kyndryl (KD). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
R1 RCM (NASDAQ:RCM) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
R1 RCM has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
R1 RCM presently has a consensus target price of $16.71, suggesting a potential upside of 38.36%. FirstCash has a consensus target price of $142.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. Given R1 RCM's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe R1 RCM is more favorable than FirstCash.
FirstCash has higher revenue and earnings than R1 RCM. R1 RCM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstCash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, R1 RCM had 11 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for R1 RCM and 9 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat R1 RCM's score of 0.18 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.1% of R1 RCM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of R1 RCM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of FirstCash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
R1 RCM received 265 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave R1 RCM an outperform vote while only 39.02% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.
FirstCash has a net margin of 7.23% compared to R1 RCM's net margin of -1.39%. FirstCash's return on equity of 14.73% beat R1 RCM's return on equity.
Summary
FirstCash beats R1 RCM on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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