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Harte Hanks (HHS) Competitors

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HHS vs. GOOG, OMC, LAMR, IPG, CCO, NCMI, III, NWTN, RCMT, and LNZA

Should you be buying Harte Hanks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harte Hanks include Alphabet (GOOG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Information Services Group (III), NWTN (NWTN), RCM Technologies (RCMT), and LanzaTech Global (LNZA).

Harte Hanks vs.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Harte Hanks (NYSE:HHS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Alphabet presently has a consensus target price of $209.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.75%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Harte Hanks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alphabet
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Harte Hanks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

27.3% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Harte Hanks shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Harte Hanks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alphabet has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harte Hanks has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alphabet received 2182 more outperform votes than Harte Hanks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.61% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Harte Hanks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlphabetOutperform Votes
2423
82.61%
Underperform Votes
510
17.39%
Harte HanksOutperform Votes
241
63.25%
Underperform Votes
140
36.75%

In the previous week, Alphabet had 187 more articles in the media than Harte Hanks. MarketBeat recorded 187 mentions for Alphabet and 0 mentions for Harte Hanks. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Harte Hanks' score of 0.00 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alphabet Positive
Harte Hanks Neutral

Alphabet has a net margin of 28.60% compared to Harte Hanks' net margin of -15.91%. Alphabet's return on equity of 32.49% beat Harte Hanks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alphabet28.60% 32.49% 23.52%
Harte Hanks -15.91%32.07%5.75%

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Harte Hanks. Harte Hanks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet$350.02B5.89$100.12B$8.0520.99
Harte Hanks$191.49M0.19-$1.57M-$4.05-1.26

Summary

Alphabet beats Harte Hanks on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HHS vs. The Competition

MetricHarte HanksDirect mail advertising services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.83MN/A$7.15B$19.16B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.21%3.78%
P/E Ratio-1.22N/A31.8132.82
Price / Sales0.19N/A358.7227.73
Price / Cash5.23N/A31.6117.55
Price / Book1.86N/A4.724.52
Net Income-$1.57MN/A$189.86M$1.02B

Harte Hanks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HHS
Harte Hanks
N/A$5.12
+1.3%
N/A-33.3%$37.83M$191.49M-1.221,962
GOOG
Alphabet
4.9092 of 5 stars
$168.66
-2.1%
$209.13
+24.0%
+19.5%$2.06T$350.02B20.95190,200Positive News
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.6066 of 5 stars
$80.73
-2.5%
$108.25
+34.1%
-12.6%$15.86B$15.69B10.8474,900Positive News
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
3.4503 of 5 stars
$124.41
+0.1%
$134.60
+8.2%
0.0%$12.74B$2.21B35.243,550Short Interest ↑
Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.8403 of 5 stars
$26.50
-3.3%
$33.50
+26.4%
-17.0%$9.88B$10.69B14.4857,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
1.4556 of 5 stars
$1.25
flat
$2.22
+77.3%
-30.6%$612.57M$1.51B-4.313,900
NCMI
National CineMedia
2.5998 of 5 stars
$6.36
-4.9%
$8.06
+26.8%
+39.1%$603.66M$245.30M-25.44350Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
III
Information Services Group
3.659 of 5 stars
$3.01
-3.8%
$3.75
+24.6%
-20.8%$147.71M$255.99M-42.991,518Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NWTN
NWTN
N/A$0.50
-11.0%
N/A-90.4%$143.87M$583,000.000.002
RCMT
RCM Technologies
3.4715 of 5 stars
$18.15
-2.9%
$37.00
+103.9%
-37.2%$137.89M$272.50M9.313,490Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
LNZA
LanzaTech Global
1.7334 of 5 stars
$0.68
-14.9%
$4.00
+488.1%
-81.1%$134.50M$58.03M-1.053Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
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This page (NYSE:HHS) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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