FORR vs. PRGX, HCKT, UIS, PAE, PAYX, ACN, IBM, CTSH, IT, and LDOS
Should you be buying Forrester Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forrester Research include PRGX Global (PRGX), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), PAE (PAE), Paychex (PAYX), Accenture (ACN), International Business Machines (IBM), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), and Leidos (LDOS).
Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) and PRGX Global (NASDAQ:PRGX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
55.2% of Forrester Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of PRGX Global shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Forrester Research shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of PRGX Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Forrester Research's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PRGX Global'saverage media sentiment score.
Forrester Research has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PRGX Global has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forrester Research received 48 more outperform votes than PRGX Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave PRGX Global an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Forrester Research an outperform vote.
Forrester Research has a net margin of 0.10% compared to PRGX Global's net margin of -2.95%. PRGX Global's return on equity of 10.13% beat Forrester Research's return on equity.
Forrester Research has higher revenue and earnings than PRGX Global. PRGX Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forrester Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Forrester Research presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 109.99%. Given Forrester Research's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Forrester Research is more favorable than PRGX Global.
Summary
Forrester Research beats PRGX Global on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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