HQI vs. THRY, BWMN, TSSI, DDI, RPAY, RMNI, ADV, GRVY, CNDT, and SY
Should you be buying HireQuest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HireQuest include Thryv (THRY), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), TSS (TSSI), DoubleDown Interactive (DDI), Repay (RPAY), Rimini Street (RMNI), Advantage Solutions (ADV), GRAVITY (GRVY), Conduent (CNDT), and So-Young International (SY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
HireQuest vs. Its Competitors
Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.
HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Thryv. Thryv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Thryv has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.4% of Thryv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Thryv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of HireQuest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Thryv had 4 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Thryv and 2 mentions for HireQuest. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Thryv's score of 0.80 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Thryv presently has a consensus target price of $21.40, suggesting a potential upside of 81.05%. HireQuest has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.21%. Given Thryv's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Thryv is more favorable than HireQuest.
HireQuest has a net margin of 10.15% compared to Thryv's net margin of -11.94%. HireQuest's return on equity of 13.80% beat Thryv's return on equity.
Summary
HireQuest beats Thryv on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HQI) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
