HURN vs. MEG, RMR, AMEH, HCKT, EXPO, DNB, CBZ, ICFI, VSEC, and CRAI
Should you be buying Huron Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huron Consulting Group include Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The RMR Group (RMR), Apollo Medical (AMEH), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Exponent (EXPO), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), VSE (VSEC), and CRA International (CRAI).
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.67% compared to Montrose Environmental Group's net margin of -4.55%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 19.21% beat Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus price target of $130.75, suggesting a potential upside of 48.06%. Montrose Environmental Group has a consensus price target of $46.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Huron Consulting Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
Huron Consulting Group received 196 more outperform votes than Montrose Environmental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 61.42% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 1 more articles in the media than Montrose Environmental Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 4 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Montrose Environmental Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats Montrose Environmental Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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