HTCR vs. III, RCMT, TDTH, PSQH, CURR, AMWL, RSSS, STFS, PHUN, and QRHC
Should you be buying HeartCore Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HeartCore Enterprises include Information Services Group (III), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Trident Digital Tech (TDTH), PSQ (PSQH), CURRENC Group (CURR), American Well (AMWL), Research Solutions (RSSS), Star Fashion Culture (STFS), Phunware (PHUN), and Quest Resource (QRHC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
HeartCore Enterprises vs.
Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and HeartCore Enterprises (NASDAQ:HTCR) 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 risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Information Services Group received 393 more outperform votes than HeartCore Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.87% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave HeartCore Enterprises an outperform vote.
73.1% of Information Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Information Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.2% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HeartCore Enterprises has a net margin of 16.25% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of -1.20%. HeartCore Enterprises' return on equity of 65.33% beat Information Services Group's return on equity.
Information Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than HeartCore Enterprises. Information Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HeartCore Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Information Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. HeartCore Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Information Services Group pays out -257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HeartCore Enterprises pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Information Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Information Services Group has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, HeartCore Enterprises has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Information Services Group had 3 more articles in the media than HeartCore Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Information Services Group and 1 mentions for HeartCore Enterprises. HeartCore Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Information Services Group's score of 0.21 indicating that HeartCore Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Information Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. Given Information Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Information Services Group is more favorable than HeartCore Enterprises.
Summary
Information Services Group beats HeartCore Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HTCR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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