RECN vs. FC, ACTG, MG, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, EXPO, and CBZ
Should you be buying Resources Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Resources Connection include Franklin Covey (FC), Acacia Research (ACTG), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), and CBIZ (CBZ). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Resources Connection vs.
Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN) 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 risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
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.
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.
Franklin Covey presently has a consensus target price of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 87.37%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than Resources Connection.
In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 1 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Resources Connection's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Covey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Covey has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Franklin Covey beats Resources Connection on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RECN) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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