Inuvo (INUV) Competitors

Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) and Inuvo (NYSE:INUV) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RGP or INUV?

Resources Connection received 21 more outperform votes than Inuvo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.27% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote while only 2.33% of users gave Inuvo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resources Connection	Outperform Votes 23 52.27%	Underperform Votes 21 47.73%
Inuvo	Outperform Votes 2 2.33%	Underperform Votes 84 97.67%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RGP or INUV?

Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Inuvo. Inuvo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resources Connection, 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
Resources Connection	$632.80M	0.39	$21.03M	-$1.86	-4.04
Inuvo	$73.91M	0.82	-$10.39M	-$0.06	-7.22

Do analysts recommend RGP or INUV?

Resources Connection presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 73.10%. Inuvo has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 130.79%. Given Inuvo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Inuvo is more favorable than Resources Connection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resources Connection	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Inuvo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media prefer RGP or INUV?

In the previous week, Inuvo had 2 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Inuvo and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Inuvo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	Neutral
Inuvo	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RGP or INUV?

93.2% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Inuvo shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Resources Connection shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Inuvo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, RGP or INUV?

Resources Connection has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inuvo has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RGP or INUV more profitable?

Resources Connection has a net margin of -10.55% compared to Inuvo's net margin of -10.59%. Resources Connection's return on equity of 3.75% beat Inuvo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	-10.55%	3.75%	2.98%
Inuvo	-10.59%	-57.24%	-27.77%

Summary

Resources Connection beats Inuvo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.