HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR) Competitors

HeartCore Enterprises (NASDAQ:HTCR) and Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HTCR or QRHC?

1.7% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Quest Resource shares are held by institutional investors. 64.2% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Quest Resource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, HTCR or QRHC?

HeartCore Enterprises has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quest Resource has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HTCR or QRHC?

In the previous week, Quest Resource had 1 more articles in the media than HeartCore Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Quest Resource and 1 mentions for HeartCore Enterprises. HeartCore Enterprises' average media sentiment score of -0.50 beat Quest Resource's score of -0.70 indicating that HeartCore Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HeartCore Enterprises	Negative
Quest Resource	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HTCR or QRHC?

Quest Resource received 178 more outperform votes than HeartCore Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.77% of users gave Quest Resource an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave HeartCore Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HeartCore Enterprises	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Quest Resource	Outperform Votes 178 54.77%	Underperform Votes 147 45.23%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HTCR or QRHC?

HeartCore Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quest Resource. HeartCore Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quest Resource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HeartCore Enterprises	$30.41M	0.43	-$4.19M	-$0.06	-9.86
Quest Resource	$288.53M	0.16	-$7.29M	-$0.72	-3.13

Is HTCR or QRHC more profitable?

HeartCore Enterprises has a net margin of 16.25% compared to Quest Resource's net margin of -2.74%. HeartCore Enterprises' return on equity of 65.33% beat Quest Resource's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HeartCore Enterprises	16.25%	65.33%	22.92%
Quest Resource	-2.74%	3.11%	1.14%

Do analysts rate HTCR or QRHC?

Quest Resource has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 333.33%. Given Quest Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quest Resource is more favorable than HeartCore Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HeartCore Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quest Resource	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

HeartCore Enterprises beats Quest Resource on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.