Resources Connection (RECN) Competitors

Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN) and Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, RECN or FC?

Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RECN or FC more profitable?

Franklin Covey has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of 4.52%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 25.23% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	4.52%	11.74%	7.30%
Franklin Covey	6.85%	25.23%	8.18%

Does the media prefer RECN or FC?

In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 5 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Resources Connection's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Covey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	Neutral
Franklin Covey	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RECN or FC?

Franklin Covey received 248 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.79% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resources Connection	Outperform Votes 256 57.14%	Underperform Votes 192 42.86%
Franklin Covey	Outperform Votes 504 70.79%	Underperform Votes 208 29.21%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RECN or FC?

84.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer RECN or FC?

Franklin Covey has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 92.56%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than Resources Connection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resources Connection	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Franklin Covey	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RECN or FC?

Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey. Resources Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, 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
Resources Connection	$729M	0.33	$31.47M	$1.03	7.29
Franklin Covey	$287.23M	1.51	$23.40M	$1.47	22.37

Summary

Franklin Covey beats Resources Connection on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.