PCT vs. HCSG, TWKS, BBSI, VVI, KELYA, ARIS, ML, REAX, YEXT, and EVRI
Should you be buying PureCycle Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PureCycle Technologies include Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Thoughtworks (TWKS), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Viad (VVI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), MoneyLion (ML), Real Brokerage (REAX), Yext (YEXT), and Everi (EVRI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and PureCycle Technologies (NYSE:PCT) 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 earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
Healthcare Services Group received 272 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 0 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of -0.28 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Healthcare Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Services Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 0.00%. PureCycle Technologies' return on equity of 11.44% beat Healthcare Services Group's return on equity.
Healthcare Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.46%. PureCycle Technologies has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 58.81%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Healthcare Services Group.
Summary
Healthcare Services Group beats PureCycle Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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