HURN vs. RMR, ICFI, EXPO, MEG, HCKT, BWMN, G, AVPT, SCS, and GDS
Should you be buying Huron Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huron Consulting Group include The RMR Group (RMR), ICF International (ICFI), Exponent (EXPO), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Genpact (G), AvePoint (AVPT), Steelcase (SCS), and GDS (GDS).
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than The RMR Group. The RMR 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.
In the previous week, The RMR Group and The RMR Group both had 11 articles in the media. The RMR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of -0.12 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The RMR Group currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $137.67, indicating a potential upside of 57.05%. Given The RMR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than The RMR Group.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.67% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of 4.59%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 19.21% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group received 52 more outperform votes than The RMR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.17% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats The RMR Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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