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DLHC vs. SY, PHLT, IMXI, LTBR, EGHT, PMTS, SHAP, TRVG, OPRX, and III

Should you be buying DLH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DLH include So-Young International (SY), Performant Healthcare (PHLT), International Money Express (IMXI), Lightbridge (LTBR), 8X8 (EGHT), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Trivago N.V. ADS (TRVG), OptimizeRx (OPRX), and Information Services Group (III). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

DLH vs. Its Competitors

So-Young International (NASDAQ:SY) and DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

So-Young International has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DLH has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DLH has higher revenue and earnings than So-Young International. So-Young International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
So-Young International$200.94M2.88-$80.76M-$0.80-7.13
DLH$395.94M0.20$7.40M$0.3814.79

In the previous week, DLH had 1 more articles in the media than So-Young International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DLH and 3 mentions for So-Young International. DLH's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat So-Young International's score of 0.51 indicating that DLH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
So-Young International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DLH
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DLH has a net margin of 1.44% compared to So-Young International's net margin of -41.03%. DLH's return on equity of 4.90% beat So-Young International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
So-Young International-41.03% -2.14% -1.61%
DLH 1.44%4.90%1.71%

35.3% of So-Young International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of So-Young International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of DLH shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

So-Young International currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.59%. Given So-Young International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe So-Young International is more favorable than DLH.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
So-Young International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
DLH
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

DLH beats So-Young International on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DLHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DLHC vs. The Competition

MetricDLHStaffing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$80.80M$1.59B$15.01B$9.40B
Dividend YieldN/A3.23%2.75%4.05%
P/E Ratio14.7828.4328.0819.84
Price / Sales0.204.6048.89100.72
Price / Cash3.078.6026.9857.94
Price / Book0.723.826.205.64
Net Income$7.40M$43.21M$195.71M$257.97M
7 Day Performance-0.37%3.06%3.98%2.12%
1 Month Performance2.72%6.88%9.19%11.21%
1 Year Performance-50.05%-19.55%21.17%18.36%

DLH Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLHC
DLH
3.7161 of 5 stars
$5.62
-1.9%
N/A-50.9%$80.80M$395.94M14.782,800News Coverage
Positive News
SY
So-Young International
0.807 of 5 stars
$4.30
+32.3%
$12.00
+179.1%
-66.1%$329.67M$200.94M-5.371,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PHLT
Performant Healthcare
2.8527 of 5 stars
$4.20
+0.2%
N/AN/A$328.11M$122.98M-52.50930
IMXI
International Money Express
3.2931 of 5 stars
$10.25
-5.4%
$19.60
+91.2%
-53.3%$326.28M$658.65M6.071,303Positive News
LTBR
Lightbridge
0.206 of 5 stars
$12.92
+1.1%
N/A+306.8%$293.70MN/A-15.386Gap Up
EGHT
8X8
3.0932 of 5 stars
$2.06
-4.6%
$2.51
+22.1%
-32.9%$290.48M$715.07M-9.811,942
PMTS
CPI Card Group
3.9802 of 5 stars
$24.30
-3.2%
$36.75
+51.2%
-27.2%$283.27M$491.43M15.281,500Positive News
SHAP
Spree Acquisition Corp. 1
N/A$10.91
flat
N/AN/A$283.07MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
TRVG
Trivago N.V. ADS
1.8303 of 5 stars
$3.55
-6.1%
$4.73
+33.1%
+74.8%$265.76M$498.74M54.00710Positive News
OPRX
OptimizeRx
1.7598 of 5 stars
$13.05
-2.8%
$10.81
-17.1%
+33.1%$248.39M$92.13M-15.54100
III
Information Services Group
3.8226 of 5 stars
$5.00
-2.2%
$5.50
+10.0%
+34.1%$246.32M$247.59M33.331,323Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:DLHC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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