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Forrester Research (FORR) Competitors

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$16.89 +0.37 (+2.24%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

FORR vs. PRGX, HCKT, UIS, PAE, PAYX, ACN, IBM, IT, CTSH, and LDOS

Should you be buying Forrester Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forrester Research include PRGX Global (PRGX), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), PAE (PAE), Paychex (PAYX), Accenture (ACN), International Business Machines (IBM), Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), and Leidos (LDOS).

Forrester Research vs.

PRGX Global (NASDAQ:PRGX) and Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

64.6% of PRGX Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Forrester Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of PRGX Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Forrester Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Forrester Research has a net margin of -1.55% compared to PRGX Global's net margin of -2.95%. PRGX Global's return on equity of 10.13% beat Forrester Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PRGX Global-2.95% 10.13% 4.25%
Forrester Research -1.55%5.10%2.24%

In the previous week, Forrester Research had 2 more articles in the media than PRGX Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forrester Research and 0 mentions for PRGX Global. Forrester Research's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat PRGX Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Forrester Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PRGX Global Neutral
Forrester Research Neutral

Forrester Research has higher revenue and earnings than PRGX Global. Forrester Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PRGX Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PRGX Global$169.76M1.07-$13.72M-$0.18-42.83
Forrester Research$480.78M0.67$3.05M-$0.35-48.26

Forrester Research received 51 more outperform votes than PRGX Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave PRGX Global an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Forrester Research an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PRGX GlobalOutperform Votes
282
67.63%
Underperform Votes
135
32.37%
Forrester ResearchOutperform Votes
333
59.57%
Underperform Votes
226
40.43%

PRGX Global has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forrester Research has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PRGX Global beats Forrester Research on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORR vs. The Competition

MetricForrester ResearchEngineering, accounting, research, management & related services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$313.81M$17.00B$24.16B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.79%2.76%4.07%
P/E Ratio-48.2615.12227.4413.46
Price / Sales0.675.173,404.1387.66
Price / Cash5.4914.7433.0636.27
Price / Book1.377.406.796.30
Net Income$3.05M$846.73M$658.63M$225.93M
7 Day Performance1.02%-4.02%0.15%-1.32%
1 Month Performance6.56%-19.06%0.71%0.60%
1 Year Performance-32.20%-6.18%18.91%26.23%

Forrester Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORR
Forrester Research
3.298 of 5 stars
$16.89
+2.2%
N/A-33.2%$313.81M$480.78M-48.261,744
PRGX
PRGX Global
N/A$7.71
flat
N/A+0.0%$181.66M$169.76M-42.831,500
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.493 of 5 stars
$30.55
+0.5%
$30.00
-1.8%
+35.9%$838.57M$296.59M25.041,350Positive News
UIS
Unisys
3.3576 of 5 stars
$7.44
+0.9%
N/A+44.6%$516.06M$2.02B-1.3116,500Analyst Downgrade
PAE
PAE
N/A$10.05
flat
N/A+0.0%$935.83M$2.71B18.9620,000
PAYX
Paychex
4.2577 of 5 stars
$141.83
+0.8%
$131.62
-7.2%
+19.4%$50.62B$5.28B30.2416,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ACN
Accenture
4.901 of 5 stars
$357.04
+0.9%
$368.23
+3.1%
+7.9%$221.28B$64.90B31.24774,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
IBM
International Business Machines
4.6055 of 5 stars
$214.61
+2.1%
$208.12
-3.0%
+39.0%$194.41B$61.86B31.24305,300Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IT
Gartner
4.1539 of 5 stars
$518.00
+0.1%
$539.25
+4.1%
+21.9%$39.93B$5.90B38.2020,237
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.3158 of 5 stars
$77.57
+1.6%
$79.47
+2.5%
+11.1%$37.84B$19.35B17.16347,700Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
4.5918 of 5 stars
$162.15
+2.4%
$191.23
+17.9%
+53.1%$21.12B$15.44B18.4747,000Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FORR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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