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Steel Connect (STCN) Competitors

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$10.34 +0.40 (+4.03%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

STCN vs. HGBL, ALJJ, RSSS, TTEC, V, MA, FI, ADP, PAYX, and FIS

Should you be buying Steel Connect stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Connect include Heritage Global (HGBL), ALJ Regional (ALJJ), Research Solutions (RSSS), TTEC (TTEC), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fiserv (FI), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Paychex (PAYX), and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS).

Steel Connect vs.

Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) and Steel Connect (NASDAQ:STCN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Steel Connect had 1 more articles in the media than Heritage Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Steel Connect and 2 mentions for Heritage Global. Steel Connect's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Heritage Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Steel Connect is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heritage Global
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Connect
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Steel Connect received 156 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave Steel Connect an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Heritage GlobalOutperform Votes
6
46.15%
Underperform Votes
7
53.85%
Steel ConnectOutperform Votes
162
62.31%
Underperform Votes
98
37.69%

Heritage Global has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Connect has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Steel Connect has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Global. Steel Connect is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Global$60.54M1.01$12.48M$0.285.82
Steel Connect$174.11M0.38$87.98M$3.073.37

33.5% of Heritage Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Steel Connect shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Heritage Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Steel Connect shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Steel Connect has a net margin of 50.53% compared to Heritage Global's net margin of 20.60%. Heritage Global's return on equity of 16.05% beat Steel Connect's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heritage Global20.60% 16.05% 11.90%
Steel Connect 50.53%14.59%3.67%

Summary

Steel Connect beats Heritage Global on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STCN vs. The Competition

MetricSteel ConnectBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$65.54M$20.69B$23.95B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.50%2.76%4.06%
P/E Ratio3.3722.72230.0714.18
Price / Sales0.3816.453,397.6589.42
Price / Cash0.6830.9632.7532.79
Price / Book0.425.227.045.12
Net Income$87.98M$515.30M$659.54M$225.99M
7 Day Performance5.48%8.27%0.19%-1.32%
1 Month Performance3.58%6.25%0.77%0.60%
1 Year Performance14.73%49.51%18.75%26.23%

Steel Connect Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STCN
Steel Connect
2.1511 of 5 stars
$10.34
+4.0%
N/A+10.8%$65.54M$174.11M3.371,261News Coverage
HGBL
Heritage Global
1.7496 of 5 stars
$1.63
+1.9%
N/A-44.0%$59.75M$60.54M5.8282
ALJJ
ALJ Regional
N/A$1.92
flat
N/A+0.0%$48.44M$440.85M0.766,541High Trading Volume
RSSS
Research Solutions
1.8737 of 5 stars
$2.94
-1.7%
$5.50
+87.1%
+28.4%$97.21M$44.62M0.00145High Trading Volume
TTEC
TTEC
3.5241 of 5 stars
$4.48
+4.4%
$11.90
+165.6%
-75.7%$204.76M$2.46B0.0060,000Options Volume
V
Visa
4.9007 of 5 stars
$307.39
-1.4%
$321.74
+4.7%
+23.0%$568.29B$35.93B31.5931,600Positive News
MA
Mastercard
4.8007 of 5 stars
$512.54
-1.3%
$549.16
+7.1%
+26.7%$476.78B$25.10B38.7733,400Analyst Revision
Positive News
FI
Fiserv
4.8402 of 5 stars
$217.94
+1.3%
$214.29
-1.7%
+75.6%$122.39B$19.09B41.9142,000Analyst Forecast
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.8316 of 5 stars
$298.59
+0.4%
$289.91
-2.9%
+28.9%$121.66B$19.20B31.8764,000Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
4.2526 of 5 stars
$141.83
+0.8%
$131.62
-7.2%
+19.4%$50.62B$5.28B30.2416,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
4.8487 of 5 stars
$85.90
-0.2%
$91.50
+6.5%
+56.8%$46.24B$9.82B34.2260,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:STCN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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