HCSG vs. BBSI, PCT, KELYA, ARIS, TWKS, VVI, NYAX, PSFE, DLX, and ML
Should you be buying Healthcare Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Services Group include Barrett Business Services (BBSI), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Kelly Services (KELYA), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Thoughtworks (TWKS), Viad (VVI), Nayax (NYAX), Paysafe (PSFE), Deluxe (DLX), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
Barrett Business Services received 34 more outperform votes than Healthcare Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 21 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 1 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. Healthcare Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.33 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrett Business Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthcare Services Group. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus target price of $141.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.28%. Healthcare Services Group has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.01%. Given Barrett Business Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.
Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Barrett Business Services' net margin of 2.44%. Healthcare Services Group's return on equity of 26.72% beat Barrett Business Services' return on equity.
86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Barrett Business Services beats Healthcare Services Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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