III vs. HCKT, BWMN, JUNE, LTBR, LICN, ISDR, WHLM, AERT, AINC, and INTJ
Should you be buying Information Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services Group include The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Junee (JUNE), Lightbridge (LTBR), Lichen China (LICN), Issuer Direct (ISDR), Wilhelmina International (WHLM), Aeries Technology (AERT), Ashford (AINC), and Intelligent Group (INTJ). These companies are all part of the "management consulting services" industry.
Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Information Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. The Hackett Group has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. Given The Hackett Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Information Services Group.
73.1% of Information Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Information Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hackett Group has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services Group. Information Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hackett Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Information Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Information Services Group pays out -900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hackett Group pays out 34.9% 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. Information Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Information Services Group had 2 more articles in the media than The Hackett Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Information Services Group and 8 mentions for The Hackett Group. The Hackett Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Information Services Group's score of 0.42 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Information Services Group has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hackett Group has a net margin of 11.48% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of -0.26%. The Hackett Group's return on equity of 40.62% beat Information Services Group's return on equity.
Information Services Group received 125 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats Information Services Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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