RECN vs. GCI, BBCP, ADTN, TTEC, TINV, RGP, SOS, NEXN, RXT, and GAMB
Should you be buying Resources Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Resources Connection include Gannett (GCI), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), ADTRAN (ADTN), TTEC (TTEC), Tiga Acquisition (TINV), Resources Connection (RGP), SOS (SOS), Nexxen International (NEXN), Rackspace Technology (RXT), and Gambling.com Group (GAMB). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Gannett (NYSE:GCI) and Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
76.7% of Gannett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Gannett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gannett presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.73%. Given Resources Connection's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gannett is more favorable than Resources Connection.
Resources Connection received 6 more outperform votes than Gannett when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.58% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.
Gannett has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Resources Connection has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gannett. Gannett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resources Connection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gannett had 11 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Gannett and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Gannett's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Resources Connection's score of -0.07 indicating that Resources Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Resources Connection has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of -4.67%. Gannett's return on equity of 11.74% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.
Summary
Resources Connection beats Gannett on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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