Resources Connection (RGP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RGP or LLNW?

93.2% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Limelight Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Resources Connection shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Limelight Networks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, RGP or LLNW?

Resources Connection has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limelight Networks has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RGP or LLNW?

Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Limelight Networks. Limelight Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resources Connection, 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	$632.80M	0.44	$21.03M	$0.36	23.03
Limelight Networks	$217.63M	0.00	-$54.76M	-$0.39	N/A

Is RGP or LLNW more profitable?

Resources Connection has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Limelight Networks' net margin of -22.60%. Resources Connection's return on equity of 3.69% beat Limelight Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	2.04%	3.69%	2.94%
Limelight Networks	-22.60%	-24.22%	-10.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RGP or LLNW?

Limelight Networks received 420 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Limelight Networks 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%
Limelight Networks	Outperform Votes 443 58.52%	Underperform Votes 314 41.48%

Does the media favor RGP or LLNW?

In the previous week, Resources Connection had 1 more articles in the media than Limelight Networks. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Resources Connection and 0 mentions for Limelight Networks. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Limelight Networks'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	Neutral
Limelight Networks	Neutral

Do analysts rate RGP or LLNW?

Resources Connection presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.82%. Given Resources Connection's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Resources Connection is more favorable than Limelight Networks.

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
Limelight Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Resources Connection beats Limelight Networks on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.