HCSG vs. MGRC, KAR, VVI, PFMT, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, BKD, and ATIP
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), Viad (VVI), Performant Financial (PFMT), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), and ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP).
Healthcare Services Group vs.
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by company 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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Healthcare Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $13.80, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. McGrath RentCorp has a consensus price target of $145.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than McGrath RentCorp.
In the previous week, Healthcare Services Group and Healthcare Services Group both had 5 articles in the media. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of 0.24 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.29% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 2.95%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.64% 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, 58.18% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
Summary
McGrath RentCorp beats Healthcare Services Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HCSG) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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