SPAR Group (SGRP) Competitors

SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, SGRP or RMNI?

SPAR Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rimini Street has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SGRP or RMNI?

In the previous week, SPAR Group and SPAR Group both had 1 articles in the media. Rimini Street's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat SPAR Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Rimini Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPAR Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rimini Street	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, SGRP or RMNI?

Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than SPAR Group. Rimini Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPAR Group, 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
SPAR Group	$262.75M	0.20	$3.90M	$0.51	4.35
Rimini Street	$431.50M	0.41	$26.06M	-$0.37	-5.28

Is SGRP or RMNI more profitable?

SPAR Group has a net margin of 5.35% compared to Rimini Street's net margin of -7.87%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 13.20% beat Rimini Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPAR Group	5.35%	13.20%	5.58%
Rimini Street	-7.87%	-83.26%	10.79%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SGRP or RMNI?

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Rimini Street shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer SGRP or RMNI?

Rimini Street has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 130.18%. Given Rimini Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rimini Street is more favorable than SPAR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPAR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Rimini Street	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SGRP or RMNI?

Rimini Street received 24 more outperform votes than SPAR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave Rimini Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%
Rimini Street	Outperform Votes 153 63.22%	Underperform Votes 89 36.78%

Summary

Rimini Street beats SPAR Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.