Resources Connection (RGP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RGP or RDWR?

Radware received 470 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.85% of users gave Radware an outperform vote while only 52.27% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resources Connection	Outperform Votes 23 52.27%	Underperform Votes 21 47.73%
Radware	Outperform Votes 493 68.85%	Underperform Votes 223 31.15%

Do analysts recommend RGP or RDWR?

Resources Connection currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.71%. Radware has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.27%. Given Resources Connection's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Resources Connection is more favorable than Radware.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resources Connection	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Radware	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RGP or RDWR more profitable?

Radware has a net margin of 2.20% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of -10.55%. Radware's return on equity of 3.81% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	-10.55%	3.75%	2.98%
Radware	2.20%	3.81%	2.16%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RGP or RDWR?

Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Radware. Resources Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Radware, 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	$582.06M	0.39	$21.03M	-$1.86	-3.65
Radware	$274.88M	3.20	$6.04M	$0.14	149.56

Does the media prefer RGP or RDWR?

In the previous week, Resources Connection and Resources Connection both had 3 articles in the media. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Radware's score of 0.91 indicating that Resources Connection is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radware	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, RGP or RDWR?

Resources Connection has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radware has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RGP or RDWR?

93.2% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Radware shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Resources Connection shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Radware shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Radware beats Resources Connection on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.