SPAR Group (SGRP) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, SGRP or RCMT?

RCM Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SPAR Group. SPAR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RCM Technologies, 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	$228.87M	0.14	$3.90M	$0.51	2.71
RCM Technologies	$278.38M	0.43	$16.83M	$1.67	9.38

Do analysts prefer SGRP or RCMT?

RCM Technologies has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 113.92%. Given RCM Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RCM Technologies 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
RCM Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SGRP or RCMT?

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of RCM Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of RCM Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SGRP or RCMT?

SPAR Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RCM Technologies has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SGRP or RCMT?

RCM Technologies received 27 more outperform votes than SPAR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave RCM Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%
RCM Technologies	Outperform Votes 156 65.00%	Underperform Votes 84 35.00%

Is SGRP or RCMT more profitable?

RCM Technologies has a net margin of 5.77% compared to SPAR Group's net margin of 5.35%. RCM Technologies' return on equity of 58.70% beat SPAR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPAR Group	5.35%	13.20%	5.58%
RCM Technologies	5.77%	58.70%	13.76%

Does the media refer more to SGRP or RCMT?

In the previous week, RCM Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for RCM Technologies and 3 mentions for SPAR Group. SPAR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat RCM Technologies' score of 0.40 indicating that SPAR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPAR Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RCM Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

RCM Technologies beats SPAR Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.