BGSF vs. HSON, RCMT, DLHC, HQI, TTEC, SWVL, CCRD, SHIM, RR, and ZENV
Should you be buying BGSF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BGSF include Hudson Global (HSON), RCM Technologies (RCMT), DLH (DLHC), HireQuest (HQI), TTEC (TTEC), Swvl (SWVL), CoreCard (CCRD), Shimmick (SHIM), Richtech Robotics (RR), and Zenvia (ZENV). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Hudson Global (NASDAQ:HSON) and BGSF (NYSE:BGSF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Hudson Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BGSF. BGSF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.2% of Hudson Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of BGSF shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Hudson Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of BGSF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudson Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BGSF pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Hudson Global pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGSF pays out -63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BGSF is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, BGSF had 2 more articles in the media than Hudson Global. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BGSF and 4 mentions for Hudson Global. Hudson Global's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat BGSF's score of 0.30 indicating that BGSF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudson Global has a net margin of 1.36% compared to Hudson Global's net margin of -3.26%. Hudson Global's return on equity of 9.40% beat BGSF's return on equity.
Hudson Global has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BGSF has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Global received 184 more outperform votes than BGSF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave Hudson Global an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave BGSF an outperform vote.
Summary
Hudson Global beats BGSF on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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