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Resources Connection (RECN) Competitors

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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.

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

Franklin Covey received 246 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.70% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Resources ConnectionOutperform Votes
256
57.14%
Underperform Votes
192
42.86%
Franklin CoveyOutperform Votes
502
70.70%
Underperform Votes
208
29.30%

84.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Franklin Covey has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of 4.52%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 31.28% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Resources Connection4.52% 11.74% 7.30%
Franklin Covey 8.15%31.28%10.00%

Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 8 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.10 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 Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Resources Connection$729M0.37$31.47M$1.038.10
Franklin Covey$287.23M1.64$23.40M$1.7420.59

Franklin Covey has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 76.76%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

Franklin Covey beats Resources Connection on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RECN vs. The Competition

MetricResources ConnectionBusiness Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$267.11M$1.08B$6.97B$8.75B
Dividend Yield5.43%5.11%2.92%4.06%
P/E Ratio8.34650.6844.9117.62
Price / Sales0.37124.37205.5788.05
Price / Cash7.9321.8526.9035.22
Price / Book0.952.684.745.90
Net Income$31.47M-$5.86M$119.41M$225.36M

Resources Connection Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RECN
Resources Connection
N/A$8.34
-1.4%
N/A-41.2%$267.11M$729M8.343,896
FC
Franklin Covey
4.167 of 5 stars
$35.86
-2.3%
N/A-7.9%$472.64M$287.23M20.611,160Short Interest ↓
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.0281 of 5 stars
$4.43
+1.4%
N/A+20.6%$431.35M$125.10M8.36290Gap Down
MG
Mistras Group
4.3723 of 5 stars
$8.96
-0.6%
N/A+31.5%$277.85M$705.47M25.604,800
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$0.39
-5.8%
N/A-89.0%$8.48M$800,000.000.0010Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.7107 of 5 stars
$280.80
-1.9%
N/A+18.2%$39.65B$2.68B43.817,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Selling
Positive News
EFX
Equifax
4.9562 of 5 stars
$248.27
-5.3%
N/A+19.5%$30.77B$5.59B55.1714,900Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.5113 of 5 stars
$194.96
-0.4%
N/A-10.6%$7.01B$3.49B22.417,990Short Interest ↑
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
1.7337 of 5 stars
$12.12
-1.5%
N/A+21.8%$5.35B$2.31B-151.506,414Short Interest ↑
EXPO
Exponent
3.6124 of 5 stars
$97.40
-1.2%
N/A+24.3%$4.94B$536.77M47.051,320Insider Selling
CBZ
CBIZ
4.2511 of 5 stars
$76.48
-1.8%
N/A+34.0%$3.84B$1.59B32.416,700Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:RECN) was last updated on 11/19/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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