III vs. HCKT, BWMN, JUNE, LTBR, LICN, ISDR, WHLM, AERT, AINC, and INTJ
Should you be buying Information Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services Group include The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Junee (JUNE), Lightbridge (LTBR), Lichen China (LICN), Issuer Direct (ISDR), Wilhelmina International (WHLM), Aeries Technology (AERT), Ashford (AINC), and Intelligent Group (INTJ). These companies are all part of the "management consulting services" industry.
Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Information Services Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Hackett Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Information Services Group and 8 mentions for The Hackett Group. Information Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat The Hackett Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Information Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Information Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. The Hackett Group has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.14%. Given The Hackett Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Information Services Group.
The Hackett Group has a net margin of 11.48% compared to Information Services Group's net margin of -0.26%. The Hackett Group's return on equity of 40.62% beat Information Services Group's return on equity.
Information Services Group has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.1% of Information Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Information Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hackett Group has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services Group. Information Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hackett Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Information Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Information Services Group pays out -900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hackett Group pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Information Services Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Information Services Group received 125 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.61% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats Information Services Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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