HQI vs. EEX, ADV, ETWO, NRDS, TIXT, UXIN, TRMR, PRTH, RPAY, and THRY
Should you be buying HireQuest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HireQuest include Emerald (EEX), Advantage Solutions (ADV), E2open Parent (ETWO), NerdWallet (NRDS), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Uxin (UXIN), Tremor International (TRMR), Priority Technology (PRTH), Repay (RPAY), and Thryv (THRY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
HireQuest vs.
Emerald (NYSE:EEX) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Emerald currently has a consensus target price of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 95.79%. HireQuest has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.02%. Given Emerald's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Emerald is more favorable than HireQuest.
In the previous week, Emerald had 3 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Emerald and 1 mentions for HireQuest. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Emerald's score of -0.03 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emerald pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. HireQuest pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Emerald pays out -11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HireQuest pays out 218.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emerald. Emerald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emerald received 172 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Emerald an outperform vote.
Emerald has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HireQuest has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Emerald's net margin of -5.29%. HireQuest's return on equity of 11.02% beat Emerald's return on equity.
14.9% of Emerald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Emerald shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of HireQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HireQuest beats Emerald on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HQI) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
