HSII vs. ACCD, CMPO, HCKT, CCRN, ECX, RERE, NNOX, LQDT, NVRI, and DSP
Should you be buying Heidrick & Struggles International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heidrick & Struggles International include Accolade (ACCD), CompoSecure (CMPO), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), ECARX (ECX), ATRenew (RERE), Nano-X Imaging (NNOX), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Enviri (NVRI), and Viant Technology (DSP). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) and Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accolade has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Heidrick & Struggles International had 1 more articles in the media than Accolade. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International and 8 mentions for Accolade. Accolade's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Heidrick & Struggles International's score of 0.20 indicating that Accolade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heidrick & Struggles International currently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Accolade has a consensus target price of $14.14, suggesting a potential upside of 89.08%. Given Accolade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Accolade is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.
Heidrick & Struggles International has higher revenue and earnings than Accolade. Accolade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heidrick & Struggles International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heidrick & Struggles International received 100 more outperform votes than Accolade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.13% of users gave Accolade an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave Heidrick & Struggles International an outperform vote.
Heidrick & Struggles International has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Accolade's net margin of -24.09%. Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity of 13.10% beat Accolade's return on equity.
90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Accolade shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Accolade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Heidrick & Struggles International beats Accolade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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