LQDT vs. RGP, LLNW, PRTH, RMNI, OPRX, CMPR, OPEN, ANGI, QNST, and TTGT
Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Resources Connection (RGP), Limelight Networks (LLNW), Priority Technology (PRTH), Rimini Street (RMNI), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Cimpress (CMPR), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Angi (ANGI), QuinStreet (QNST), and TechTarget (TTGT).
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) 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 dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of 3.34%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 18.51% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.
Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Liquidity Services. Resources Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liquidity Services presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.63%. Resources Connection has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.39%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Resources Connection.
Liquidity Services received 421 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 53.66% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.
71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Resources Connection shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Resources Connection had 2 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Resources Connection and 0 mentions for Liquidity Services. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Liquidity Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Resources Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resources Connection has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Resources Connection on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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