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Harte Hanks (HRTH) Competitors

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HRTH vs. TBI, VCSA, RCMT, ZTEK, NWTN, AISP, PAYS, TCOA, MRAM, and BKKT

Should you be buying Harte Hanks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harte Hanks include TrueBlue (TBI), Vacasa (VCSA), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Zentek (ZTEK), NWTN (NWTN), Airship AI (AISP), Paysign (PAYS), Zalatoris Acquisition (TCOA), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), and Bakkt (BKKT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Harte Hanks vs.

TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) and Harte Hanks (NASDAQ:HRTH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

TrueBlue has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harte Hanks has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TrueBlue received 326 more outperform votes than Harte Hanks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Harte Hanks an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TrueBlueOutperform Votes
334
62.20%
Underperform Votes
203
37.80%
Harte HanksOutperform Votes
8
66.67%
Underperform Votes
4
33.33%

Harte Hanks has a net margin of 7.17% compared to TrueBlue's net margin of -8.02%. TrueBlue's return on equity of -3.90% beat Harte Hanks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TrueBlue-8.02% -3.90% -1.87%
Harte Hanks 7.17%-10.71%4.37%

97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of Harte Hanks shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Harte Hanks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, TrueBlue had 11 more articles in the media than Harte Hanks. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TrueBlue and 0 mentions for Harte Hanks. TrueBlue's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Harte Hanks' score of 0.00 indicating that TrueBlue is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TrueBlue Positive
Harte Hanks Neutral

Harte Hanks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harte Hanks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TrueBlue$1.57B0.08-$14.17M-$4.16-1.03
Harte Hanks$176.90M0.18-$1.69M$1.622.87

TrueBlue currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 168.07%. Given TrueBlue's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Harte Hanks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TrueBlue
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Harte Hanks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

TrueBlue and Harte Hanks tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HRTH vs. The Competition

MetricHarte HanksDirect Mail Advertising Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.46MN/A$7.16B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.63%4.27%
P/E Ratio2.87N/A30.7918.44
Price / Sales0.18N/A161.24101.46
Price / CashN/AN/A31.5134.62
Price / Book-0.58N/A4.844.19
Net Income-$1.69MN/A$195.49M$248.05M

Harte Hanks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRTH
Harte Hanks
N/A$4.65
+5.0%
N/A-35.0%$32.46M$176.90M2.872,434Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TBI
TrueBlue
3.8608 of 5 stars
$4.20
-1.4%
$11.50
+173.8%
-59.2%$124.77M$1.57B-1.016,500News Coverage
Positive News
VCSA
Vacasa
1.3397 of 5 stars
$5.39
flat
$4.13
-23.5%
-27.3%$123.26M$910.49M-0.658,200
RCMT
RCM Technologies
3.6503 of 5 stars
$16.18
+0.7%
$33.50
+107.0%
-10.3%$122.79M$278.38M8.303,880Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ZTEK
Zentek
0.9459 of 5 stars
$1.15
+7.0%
N/A+21.7%$120.05M$64,656.00-16.4324Positive News
NWTN
NWTN
N/A$0.41
+0.2%
N/A-95.0%$116.48M$583,000.000.002Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
AISP
Airship AI
2.7997 of 5 stars
$3.59
-4.5%
$9.00
+150.7%
-46.2%$113.98M$23.05M-1.3447Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PAYS
Paysign
4.4286 of 5 stars
$2.09
-2.8%
$6.25
+199.0%
-48.3%$112.33M$58.38M13.9380
TCOA
Zalatoris Acquisition
N/A$10.51
flat
N/AN/A$112.14MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MRAM
Everspin Technologies
1.839 of 5 stars
$4.98
+0.6%
$9.00
+80.7%
-27.7%$111.31M$50.40M83.0090Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
BKKT
Bakkt
0.2618 of 5 stars
$8.10
-3.9%
N/A+2,379.4%$111.05M$3.49B-0.66760

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This page (NASDAQ:HRTH) was last updated on 4/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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