Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) Competitors

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and OPENLANE (NYSE:KAR) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate HCSG or KAR?

Healthcare Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.97%. OPENLANE has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.93%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than OPENLANE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Services Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
OPENLANE	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is HCSG or KAR more profitable?

OPENLANE has a net margin of 6.27% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 2.30%. Healthcare Services Group's return on equity of 11.76% beat OPENLANE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Services Group	2.30%	11.76%	7.08%
OPENLANE	6.27%	9.20%	2.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HCSG or KAR?

OPENLANE received 347 more outperform votes than Healthcare Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.99% of users gave OPENLANE an outperform vote while only 55.99% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthcare Services Group	Outperform Votes 304 55.99%	Underperform Votes 239 44.01%
OPENLANE	Outperform Votes 651 70.99%	Underperform Votes 266 29.01%

Is HCSG or KAR a better dividend stock?

Healthcare Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. OPENLANE pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. OPENLANE pays out 143.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, HCSG or KAR?

Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPENLANE has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HCSG or KAR?

98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of OPENLANE shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of OPENLANE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HCSG or KAR?

Healthcare Services Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OPENLANE. Healthcare Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPENLANE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Services Group	$1.72B	0.45	$39.47M	$0.54	19.35
OPENLANE	$1.79B	1.32	-$154.10M	$0.53	41.79

Does the media prefer HCSG or KAR?

In the previous week, OPENLANE had 3 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for OPENLANE and 6 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. Healthcare Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat OPENLANE's score of 0.59 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthcare Services Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OPENLANE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OPENLANE beats Healthcare Services Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.