HQI vs. RCMT, DLHC, BGSF, HSON, TBI, TTEC, CCRN, BKSY, ALAR, and MAPS
Should you be buying HireQuest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HireQuest include RCM Technologies (RCMT), DLH (DLHC), BGSF (BGSF), Hudson Global (HSON), TrueBlue (TBI), TTEC (TTEC), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Alarum Technologies (ALAR), and WM Technology (MAPS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and RCM Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
RCM Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than HireQuest. RCM Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HireQuest presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.17%. RCM Technologies has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given HireQuest's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HireQuest is more favorable than RCM Technologies.
HireQuest has a net margin of 14.06% compared to RCM Technologies' net margin of 6.32%. RCM Technologies' return on equity of 74.07% beat HireQuest's return on equity.
RCM Technologies received 141 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.53% of users gave RCM Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.
12.0% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of RCM Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of HireQuest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of RCM Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HireQuest had 12 more articles in the media than RCM Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for HireQuest and 5 mentions for RCM Technologies. RCM Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat HireQuest's score of 0.33 indicating that RCM Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCM Technologies has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RCM Technologies beats HireQuest on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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