HCSG vs. MGRC, KAR, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, BKD, ATIP, CXT, and WNS
Should you be buying Healthcare Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Services Group include McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP), Crane NXT (CXT), and WNS (WNS).
Healthcare Services Group vs.
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Healthcare Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Services Group pays out 159.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McGrath RentCorp has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.44% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 2.30%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.68% beat Healthcare Services Group's return on equity.
Healthcare Services Group received 47 more outperform votes than McGrath RentCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.01% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 55.99% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 5 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 3 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of 1.06 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthcare Services Group. McGrath RentCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McGrath RentCorp presently has a consensus target price of $145.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.42%. Healthcare Services Group has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.23%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than McGrath RentCorp.
Summary
McGrath RentCorp beats Healthcare Services Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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