HGBL vs. EGHT, ATLN, SHAP, TSSI, PHLT, RGP, TCX, LTBR, HQI, and III
Should you be buying Heritage Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Global include 8X8 (EGHT), Atlantic International (ATLN), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), TSS (TSSI), Performant Healthcare, Inc. - Common Stock (PHLT), Resources Connection (RGP), Tucows (TCX), Lightbridge (LTBR), HireQuest (HQI), and Information Services Group (III). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Heritage Global vs.
Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) and 8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
8X8 received 23 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users.
33.5% of Heritage Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of 8X8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Heritage Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of 8X8 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 20.60% compared to 8X8's net margin of -6.33%. Heritage Global's return on equity of 16.05% beat 8X8's return on equity.
Heritage Global has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 8X8 has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 8X8 had 10 more articles in the media than Heritage Global. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for 8X8 and 2 mentions for Heritage Global. Heritage Global's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat 8X8's score of 0.64 indicating that Heritage Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 8X8. 8X8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Global presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.44%. 8X8 has a consensus price target of $2.99, suggesting a potential upside of 34.49%. Given Heritage Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Heritage Global is more favorable than 8X8.
Summary
Heritage Global beats 8X8 on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HGBL) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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