Quest Resource (QRHC) Competitors

Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and OmniAb (NASDAQ:OABI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, QRHC or OABI?

Quest Resource has higher revenue and earnings than OmniAb. Quest Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OmniAb, 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
Quest Resource	$287.90M	0.43	-$7.29M	-$0.37	-16.22
OmniAb	$20.41M	24.22	-$50.62M	-$0.62	-5.65

Is QRHC or OABI more profitable?

Quest Resource has a net margin of -2.74% compared to OmniAb's net margin of -308.78%. Quest Resource's return on equity of 3.11% beat OmniAb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quest Resource	-2.74%	3.11%	1.14%
OmniAb	-308.78%	-20.97%	-18.05%

Which has more risk & volatility, QRHC or OABI?

Quest Resource has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OmniAb has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QRHC or OABI?

Quest Resource received 155 more outperform votes than OmniAb when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave OmniAb an outperform vote while only 55.11% of users gave Quest Resource an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quest Resource	Outperform Votes 178 55.11%	Underperform Votes 145 44.89%
OmniAb	Outperform Votes 23 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer QRHC or OABI?

In the previous week, Quest Resource had 2 more articles in the media than OmniAb. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Quest Resource and 2 mentions for OmniAb. Quest Resource's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat OmniAb's score of -0.52 indicating that Quest Resource is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quest Resource	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OmniAb	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts rate QRHC or OABI?

Quest Resource currently has a consensus price target of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 112.50%. OmniAb has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 157.14%. Given OmniAb's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OmniAb is more favorable than Quest Resource.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quest Resource	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
OmniAb	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QRHC or OABI?

48.2% of Quest Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of OmniAb shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of Quest Resource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of OmniAb 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.

Summary

Quest Resource beats OmniAb on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.