BKSY vs. HQI, RCMT, ALAR, MAPS, MOND, FNGR, BTBT, DLHC, III, and SCWO
Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include HireQuest (HQI), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Alarum Technologies (ALAR), WM Technology (MAPS), Mondee (MOND), FingerMotion (FNGR), Bit Digital (BTBT), DLH (DLHC), Information Services Group (III), and 374Water (SCWO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) are both small-cap business services 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.
HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HireQuest received 1 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HireQuest had 8 more articles in the media than BlackSky Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for HireQuest and 9 mentions for BlackSky Technology. BlackSky Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat HireQuest's score of 0.13 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HireQuest has a net margin of 14.06% compared to HireQuest's net margin of -52.24%. BlackSky Technology's return on equity of 9.23% beat HireQuest's return on equity.
12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of BlackSky Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of HireQuest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of BlackSky Technology 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.
HireQuest currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.17%. BlackSky Technology has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 115.16%. Given HireQuest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackSky Technology is more favorable than HireQuest.
HireQuest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackSky Technology. BlackSky Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
HireQuest beats BlackSky Technology on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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