RCMT vs. HQI, DLHC, BGSF, HSON, TBI, TTEC, CCRN, BKSY, MAPS, and ALAR
Should you be buying RCM Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RCM Technologies include HireQuest (HQI), DLH (DLHC), BGSF (BGSF), Hudson Global (HSON), TrueBlue (TBI), TTEC (TTEC), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), WM Technology (MAPS), and Alarum Technologies (ALAR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
RCM Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
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.
RCM Technologies has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 media.
43.2% of RCM Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of RCM Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of HireQuest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RCM Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. HireQuest has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.17%. Given HireQuest's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than RCM Technologies.
Summary
RCM Technologies beats HireQuest on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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