RSSS vs. ZH, SHAP, RGP, ACCD, MPLN, RMNI, AHG, NUTX, PAYS, and NOTE
Should you be buying Research Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Research Solutions include Zhihu (ZH), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Resources Connection (RGP), Accolade (ACCD), MultiPlan (MPLN), Rimini Street (RMNI), Akso Health Group (AHG), Nutex Health (NUTX), Paysign (PAYS), and FiscalNote (NOTE). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Research Solutions vs.
Zhihu (NYSE:ZH) and Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Zhihu has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Solutions has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Research Solutions has a net margin of -4.57% compared to Zhihu's net margin of -9.28%. Research Solutions' return on equity of 8.43% beat Zhihu's return on equity.
Zhihu currently has a consensus price target of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 31.65%. Research Solutions has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.17%. Given Research Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Research Solutions is more favorable than Zhihu.
Research Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zhihu. Research Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zhihu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zhihu received 2 more outperform votes than Research Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Research Solutions an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Zhihu an outperform vote.
28.9% of Zhihu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Research Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Zhihu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Research Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Research Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Zhihu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Research Solutions and 1 mentions for Zhihu. Zhihu's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Research Solutions' score of 0.76 indicating that Zhihu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Research Solutions beats Zhihu on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RSSS) was last updated on 1/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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