RCM Technologies (RCMT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HQI or RCMT?

12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of RCM Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of HireQuest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of RCM Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HQI or RCMT?

HireQuest has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCM Technologies has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HQI or RCMT?

In the previous week, HireQuest had 12 more articles in the media than RCM Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for HireQuest and 2 mentions for RCM Technologies. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat RCM Technologies' score of 0.47 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
RCM Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HQI or RCMT more profitable?

RCM Technologies has a net margin of 5.77% compared to HireQuest's net margin of 4.04%. RCM Technologies' return on equity of 58.70% beat HireQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HireQuest	4.04%	11.02%	6.69%
RCM Technologies	5.77%	58.70%	13.76%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HQI or RCMT?

RCM Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than HireQuest. RCM Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, 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
HireQuest	$36.28M	5.59	$6.14M	$0.11	131.64
RCM Technologies	$263.24M	0.62	$16.83M	$1.95	11.09

Do analysts recommend HQI or RCMT?

HireQuest presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.76%. RCM Technologies has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.06%. Given RCM Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RCM Technologies is more favorable than HireQuest.

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
RCM Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HQI or RCMT?

RCM Technologies received 139 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave RCM Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%
RCM Technologies	Outperform Votes 154 64.71%	Underperform Votes 84 35.29%

Summary

RCM Technologies beats HireQuest on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.