HQI vs. NVRI, PRTH, THRY, IMXI, CNDT, RMR, ACCD, WLDN, MXCT, and DDI
Should you be buying HireQuest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HireQuest include Enviri (NVRI), Priority Technology (PRTH), Thryv (THRY), International Money Express (IMXI), Conduent (CNDT), The RMR Group (RMR), Accolade (ACCD), Willdan Group (WLDN), MaxCyte (MXCT), and DoubleDown Interactive (DDI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
HireQuest vs.
HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
HireQuest has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HireQuest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviri. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of HireQuest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Enviri shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Enviri had 3 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enviri and 0 mentions for HireQuest. Enviri's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat HireQuest's score of 0.00 indicating that Enviri is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HireQuest has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Enviri's net margin of -4.28%. HireQuest's return on equity of 11.02% beat Enviri's return on equity.
HireQuest received 15 more outperform votes than Enviri when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Enviri an outperform vote.
HireQuest presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.98%. Enviri has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Given HireQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HireQuest is more favorable than Enviri.
Summary
HireQuest beats Enviri on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HQI) was last updated on 1/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
