MEG vs. HURN, HCKT, BWMN, ICFI, EXPO, G, GDS, CRCT, AVPT, and DSGR
Should you be buying Montrose Environmental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montrose Environmental Group include Huron Consulting Group (HURN), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), ICF International (ICFI), Exponent (EXPO), Genpact (G), GDS (GDS), Cricut (CRCT), AvePoint (AVPT), and Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Montrose Environmental Group had 3 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group and 11 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Montrose Environmental Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.67% compared to Montrose Environmental Group's net margin of -4.55%. Huron Consulting Group's return on equity of 19.21% beat Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Huron Consulting Group received 194 more outperform votes than Montrose Environmental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.17% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 61.42% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote.
Montrose Environmental Group currently has a consensus price target of $46.25, suggesting a potential downside of 3.63%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.05%. Given Huron Consulting Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats Montrose Environmental Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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