HCKT vs. RMR, FORR, UIS, III, HURN, MEG, AMEH, ACN, IBM, and IT
Should you be buying The Hackett Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hackett Group include The RMR Group (RMR), Forrester Research (FORR), Unisys (UIS), Information Services Group (III), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Apollo Medical (AMEH), Accenture (ACN), International Business Machines (IBM), and Gartner (IT).
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
The RMR Group currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. The Hackett Group has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. Given The Hackett Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than The Hackett Group.
In the previous week, The Hackett Group had 5 more articles in the media than The RMR Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The Hackett Group and 3 mentions for The RMR Group. The RMR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat The Hackett Group's score of -0.01 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The RMR Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hackett Group. The RMR 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.
The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. The RMR Group pays out 66.9% 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. The RMR Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. The RMR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than 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 The Hackett Group's net margin of 4.59%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 40.62% beat The Hackett Group's return on equity.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The RMR Group received 89 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats The RMR Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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