FORR vs. PRGX, HCKT, UIS, PAE, PAYX, ACN, IBM, IT, CTSH, and BAH
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 Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH).
PRGX Global (NASDAQ:PRGX) and Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Forrester Research received 48 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.
Forrester Research has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Forrester Research's net margin of -2.95%. Forrester Research's return on equity of 10.13% beat PRGX Global's return on equity.
PRGX Global has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forrester Research has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Forrester Research had 9 more articles in the media than PRGX Global. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Forrester Research and 0 mentions for PRGX Global. PRGX Global's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Forrester Research's score of 0.00 indicating that Forrester Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Forrester Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Forrester Research has higher revenue and earnings than PRGX Global. PRGX Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forrester Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Forrester Research has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.98%. Given PRGX Global's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Forrester Research is more favorable than PRGX Global.
Summary
Forrester Research beats PRGX Global on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FORR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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