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Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) Competitors

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$11.30 -0.14 (-1.22%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

HCSG vs. UNF, MGRC, KAR, VVI, PFMT, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, BKD, and ATIP

Should you be buying Healthcare Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Services Group include UniFirst (UNF), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Viad (VVI), Performant Financial (PFMT), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), and ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP).

Healthcare Services Group vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Services Group$1.70B0.49$38.39M$0.6916.38
UniFirst$2.43B1.37$145.47M$7.7723.05

Healthcare Services Group received 66 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Healthcare Services GroupOutperform Votes
301
55.95%
Underperform Votes
237
44.05%
UniFirstOutperform Votes
235
52.93%
Underperform Votes
209
47.07%

Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

UniFirst has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 2.95%. Healthcare Services Group's return on equity of 12.59% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Healthcare Services Group2.95% 12.59% 7.44%
UniFirst 5.99%7.47%5.85%

Healthcare Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Healthcare Services Group pays out 124.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UniFirst pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Healthcare Services Group had 11 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Healthcare Services Group and 2 mentions for UniFirst. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of 0.33 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Healthcare Services Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
UniFirst
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Healthcare Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $13.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.12%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $186.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.97%. Given Healthcare Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Healthcare Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
UniFirst
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

Summary

Healthcare Services Group beats UniFirst on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HCSG vs. The Competition

MetricHealthcare Services GroupNursing & personal care facilities IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$828.19M$465.62M$7.05B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.32%4.21%
P/E Ratio16.3816.3827.8117.15
Price / Sales0.490.21389.85116.81
Price / Cash12.856.4430.7137.86
Price / Book1.831.415.764.78
Net Income$38.39M-$225.94M$125.76M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-9.89%65.33%4.03%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-1.91%5.71%8.93%3.07%
1 Year Performance11.00%-38.63%19.25%16.48%

Healthcare Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.8499 of 5 stars
$11.30
-1.2%
$13.80
+22.1%
+12.7%$828.19M$1.70B16.3833,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UNF
UniFirst
3.8208 of 5 stars
$191.71
+0.9%
$186.25
-2.8%
+0.3%$3.56B$2.43B24.4616,000Positive News
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9919 of 5 stars
$118.22
-0.4%
$145.50
+23.1%
-2.7%$2.90B$831.84M12.971,204Positive News
KAR
OPENLANE
3.0961 of 5 stars
$20.67
+0.5%
$22.00
+6.4%
+36.4%$2.21B$1.69B79.124,500Analyst Downgrade
VVI
Viad
2.5614 of 5 stars
$46.25
+2.8%
$48.00
+3.8%
+18.1%$980.59M$1.40B90.004,035News Coverage
PFMT
Performant Financial
2.4358 of 5 stars
$3.61
+1.1%
$7.00
+93.9%
N/A$282.63M$113.74M0.00930
CTAS
Cintas
4.7175 of 5 stars
$213.54
+1.1%
$200.77
-6.0%
+35.1%$86.12B$9.76B53.3446,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CPRT
Copart
3.4561 of 5 stars
$61.39
+0.3%
$58.00
-5.5%
+21.5%$59.15B$4.36B43.1211,700Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.4325 of 5 stars
$112.63
+1.3%
$131.00
+16.3%
+54.5%$33.05B$5.99B310.8327,000Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
4.1984 of 5 stars
$5.27
flat
$7.75
+47.1%
-6.7%$1.05B$3.10B-5.7325,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ATIP
ATI Physical Therapy
0.0648 of 5 stars
$0.64
-1.5%
N/A-61.4%$2.82M$741.86M-0.045,600Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:HCSG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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