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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.

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

69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Franklin Covey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by 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.

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
Franklin Covey8.15% 31.28% 10.00%
Resources Connection 4.52%11.74%7.30%

Franklin Covey presently has a consensus price target of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 73.94%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than Resources Connection.

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

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
Franklin Covey$287.23M1.67$23.40M$1.7420.93
Resources Connection$729M0.36$31.47M$1.037.94

In the previous week, Franklin Covey had 2 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Franklin Covey and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Resources Connection's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Covey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Franklin Covey Neutral
Resources Connection Neutral

Franklin Covey received 247 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.75% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franklin CoveyOutperform Votes
503
70.75%
Underperform Votes
208
29.25%
Resources ConnectionOutperform Votes
256
57.14%
Underperform Votes
192
42.86%

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

Summary

Franklin Covey beats Resources Connection on 14 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$261.98M$135.16M$7.27B$9.08B
Dividend Yield5.43%3.29%2.34%4.23%
P/E Ratio8.1888.4128.4017.19
Price / Sales0.3643.06407.80117.05
Price / Cash7.9314.3331.3137.85
Price / Book0.933.335.874.78
Net Income$31.47M$1.33M$126.23M$225.60M

Resources Connection Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RECN
Resources Connection
N/A$8.18
+1.0%
N/A-41.9%$261.98M$729M8.183,896High Trading Volume
FC
Franklin Covey
4.0027 of 5 stars
$37.51
+3.2%
$63.33
+68.8%
-11.9%$494.53M$287.23M20.891,084
ACTG
Acacia Research
3.0491 of 5 stars
$4.51
+0.7%
$7.00
+55.2%
+12.2%$439.13M$165.78M8.45290
MG
Mistras Group
4.1421 of 5 stars
$9.26
+2.8%
N/A+23.5%$287.15M$738.98M25.744,800
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$0.32
-9.6%
N/A-89.9%$6.88M$800,000.000.0010Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.5723 of 5 stars
$282.66
-0.2%
$289.80
+2.5%
+17.8%$39.91B$2.68B44.207,500Dividend Announcement
EFX
Equifax
4.9229 of 5 stars
$272.41
+2.5%
$311.39
+14.3%
+6.7%$33.77B$5.27B59.0714,900Positive News
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.4144 of 5 stars
$199.40
+0.4%
$275.00
+37.9%
-1.7%$7.17B$3.73B22.847,990News Coverage
Positive News
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
2.6231 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.1%
$13.83
+12.3%
+4.7%$5.44B$2.38B-153.756,414
EXPO
Exponent
4.1585 of 5 stars
$92.80
-0.4%
$120.00
+29.3%
+4.8%$4.71B$544.65M45.001,320
CBZ
CBIZ
3.6002 of 5 stars
$80.78
+1.5%
$86.00
+6.5%
+31.0%$4.05B$1.59B33.736,700Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:RECN) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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