QRHC vs. OB, MOND, AIRJ, PFMT, INSE, PMTS, SCWO, AMPX, ALAR, and GSMG
Should you be buying Quest Resource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quest Resource include Outbrain (OB), Mondee (MOND), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), Performant Financial (PFMT), Inspired Entertainment (INSE), CPI Card Group (PMTS), 374Water (SCWO), Amprius Technologies (AMPX), Alarum Technologies (ALAR), and Glory Star New Media Group (GSMG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and Outbrain (NASDAQ:OB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Outbrain received 82 more outperform votes than Quest Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.91% of users gave Outbrain an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Quest Resource an outperform vote.
Outbrain has a net margin of 1.17% compared to Quest Resource's net margin of -2.06%. Quest Resource's return on equity of 6.70% beat Outbrain's return on equity.
48.2% of Quest Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Outbrain shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Quest Resource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Outbrain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Quest Resource had 1 more articles in the media than Outbrain. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quest Resource and 0 mentions for Outbrain. Outbrain's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Quest Resource's score of 0.00 indicating that Outbrain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quest Resource has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Outbrain has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Outbrain has higher revenue and earnings than Quest Resource. Quest Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Outbrain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quest Resource currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.36%. Outbrain has a consensus price target of $5.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.50%. Given Quest Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quest Resource is more favorable than Outbrain.
Summary
Outbrain beats Quest Resource on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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