QRHC vs. EXTN, NSCO, VIVK, FPAY, AWX, ESGL, GFN, WM, RSG, and WCN
Should you be buying Quest Resource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quest Resource include Exterran (EXTN), Nesco (NSCO), Vivakor (VIVK), FlexShopper (FPAY), Avalon (AWX), ESGL (ESGL), General Finance (GFN), Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), and Waste Connections (WCN).
Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and Exterran (NYSE:EXTN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Quest Resource currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.74%. Given Quest Resource's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quest Resource is more favorable than Exterran.
In the previous week, Quest Resource had 2 more articles in the media than Exterran. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Quest Resource and 0 mentions for Exterran. Quest Resource's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Exterran's score of 0.00 indicating that Quest Resource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exterran received 86 more outperform votes than Quest Resource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.62% of users gave Exterran an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Quest Resource an outperform vote.
Quest Resource has a net margin of -2.06% compared to Exterran's net margin of -11.16%. Quest Resource's return on equity of 6.70% beat Exterran's return on equity.
48.2% of Quest Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Exterran shares are held by institutional investors. 23.6% of Quest Resource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Exterran shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quest Resource has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exterran.
Quest Resource has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exterran has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Quest Resource beats Exterran on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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