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Lichen China (LICN) Competitors

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$1.96 -0.02 (-1.01%)
(As of 09:15 AM ET)

LICN vs. HQI, PAYS, RMNI, TCX, NUTX, RCMT, MHH, III, TDTH, and BABA

Should you be buying Lichen China stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lichen China include HireQuest (HQI), Paysign (PAYS), Rimini Street (RMNI), Tucows (TCX), Nutex Health (NUTX), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Mastech Digital (MHH), Information Services Group (III), Trident Digital Tech (TDTH), and Alibaba Group (BABA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Lichen China vs.

HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

HireQuest currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.76%. Given HireQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than Lichen China.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HireQuest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lichen China
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

HireQuest received 15 more outperform votes than Lichen China when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HireQuestOutperform Votes
15
68.18%
Underperform Votes
7
31.82%
Lichen ChinaN/AN/A

HireQuest has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lichen China has a beta of -2.66, meaning that its share price is 366% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HireQuest had 13 more articles in the media than Lichen China. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for HireQuest and 1 mentions for Lichen China. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Lichen China's score of 0.63 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HireQuest
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lichen China
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HireQuest has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Lichen China's net margin of 0.00%. HireQuest's return on equity of 11.02% beat Lichen China's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HireQuest4.04% 11.02% 6.69%
Lichen China N/A N/A N/A

Lichen China has higher revenue and earnings than HireQuest.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HireQuest$36.28M5.59$6.14M$0.11131.64
Lichen China$41.93M1.25$8.34MN/AN/A

12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of HireQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HireQuest beats Lichen China on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LICN vs. The Competition

MetricLichen ChinaManagement consulting services IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.47M$2.55B$10.56B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A2.60%10.15%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A8.9549.3417.81
Price / Sales1.2525.483,447.9374.57
Price / Cash4.4615.6930.5032.53
Price / Book0.853.322.764.68
Net Income$8.34M$126.36M$995.76M$226.08M
7 Day Performance10.00%-2.20%-0.07%-1.04%
1 Month Performance12.50%-9.23%7.25%1.04%
1 Year Performance40.43%-8.21%24.60%26.28%

Lichen China Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LICN
Lichen China
N/A$1.96
-1.0%
N/A+40.4%$51.94M$39.76M0.00390
HQI
HireQuest
3.6796 of 5 stars
$14.48
-1.3%
$18.50
+27.8%
-3.7%$202.72M$37.88M131.6473,000Analyst Revision
PAYS
Paysign
4.2632 of 5 stars
$3.39
+2.7%
$6.17
+81.9%
+39.5%$181.53M$47.27M22.6080Insider Trade
News Coverage
RMNI
Rimini Street
2.5119 of 5 stars
$1.96
-0.5%
$4.50
+130.2%
-37.5%$177.75M$431.50M0.002,120Positive News
TCX
Tucows
0.3302 of 5 stars
$15.80
-2.2%
N/A-26.0%$173.96M$339.34M0.001,129
NUTX
Nutex Health
3.5943 of 5 stars
$30.33
+5.4%
$55.00
+81.3%
-8.1%$165.00M$247.65M0.001,150
RCMT
RCM Technologies
4.0144 of 5 stars
$21.63
+0.6%
$37.00
+71.1%
-13.5%$164.39M$263.24M11.093,490
MHH
Mastech Digital
N/A$13.30
-3.0%
N/AN/A$160.49M$201.10M30.471,397Gap Up
III
Information Services Group
3.7222 of 5 stars
$3.25
-0.3%
$3.75
+15.4%
-27.6%$159.48M$291.05M-46.421,518
TDTH
Trident Digital Tech
N/A$2.30
+2.2%
N/AN/A$148.47MN/A0.00N/A
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.8685 of 5 stars
$86.80
+0.0%
$114.07
+31.4%
+10.6%$207.83B$130.35B17.60204,891Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:LICN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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