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DLHC vs. SY, PHLT, IMXI, LTBR, EGHT, PMTS, SHAP, TRVG, OPRX, and III

Should you be buying DLH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DLH include So-Young International (SY), Performant Healthcare (PHLT), International Money Express (IMXI), Lightbridge (LTBR), 8X8 (EGHT), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Trivago N.V. ADS (TRVG), OptimizeRx (OPRX), and Information Services Group (III). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

DLH vs. Its Competitors

DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) and So-Young International (NASDAQ:SY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, So-Young International had 4 more articles in the media than DLH. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for So-Young International and 2 mentions for DLH. DLH's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat So-Young International's score of 0.75 indicating that DLH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DLH
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
So-Young International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DLH has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, So-Young International has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DLH has higher earnings, but lower revenue than So-Young International. So-Young International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DLH$377.07M0.22$7.40M$0.3814.84
So-Young International$1.45B0.27-$80.76M-$0.80-4.80

DLH has a net margin of 1.44% compared to So-Young International's net margin of -41.03%. DLH's return on equity of 4.90% beat So-Young International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DLH1.44% 4.90% 1.71%
So-Young International -41.03%-2.14%-1.61%

So-Young International has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.23%. Given So-Young International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe So-Young International is more favorable than DLH.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DLH
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
So-Young International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

67.3% of DLH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of So-Young International shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of DLH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of So-Young International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DLH and So-Young International tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DLHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DLHC vs. The Competition

MetricDLHStaffing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$81.14M$1.49B$15.38B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A3.15%2.72%4.01%
P/E Ratio14.8426.4228.6920.26
Price / Sales0.224.68431.54166.10
Price / Cash3.048.7226.3457.67
Price / Book0.733.926.185.49
Net Income$7.40M$39.36M$190.21M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.26%-1.70%0.97%4.79%
1 Month Performance3.68%4.84%6.08%9.59%
1 Year Performance-49.69%-18.47%28.16%16.41%

DLH Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLHC
DLH
3.2773 of 5 stars
$5.64
+0.7%
N/A-49.7%$81.14M$377.07M14.842,800
SY
So-Young International
2.3094 of 5 stars
$4.30
+32.3%
$12.00
+179.1%
-74.9%$329.67M$200.94M-5.371,800Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
PHLT
Performant Healthcare
2.8752 of 5 stars
$4.20
+0.2%
N/AN/A$328.11M$122.98M-52.50930News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IMXI
International Money Express
3.2676 of 5 stars
$10.25
-5.4%
$19.60
+91.2%
-48.1%$326.28M$658.65M6.071,303News Coverage
LTBR
Lightbridge
0.1381 of 5 stars
$12.92
+1.1%
N/A+199.3%$293.70MN/A-15.386
EGHT
8X8
3.8151 of 5 stars
$2.06
-4.6%
$2.51
+22.1%
-16.8%$290.48M$715.07M-9.811,942
PMTS
CPI Card Group
3.9226 of 5 stars
$24.30
-3.2%
$36.75
+51.2%
-21.4%$283.27M$491.43M15.281,500
SHAP
Spree Acquisition Corp. 1
N/A$10.91
flat
N/AN/A$283.07MN/A0.00N/A
TRVG
Trivago N.V. ADS
1.8468 of 5 stars
$3.55
-6.1%
$4.73
+33.1%
+62.9%$265.76M$498.74M54.00710Positive News
OPRX
OptimizeRx
2.0214 of 5 stars
$13.05
-2.8%
$10.81
-17.1%
+24.6%$248.39M$92.13M-15.54100
III
Information Services Group
3.8756 of 5 stars
$5.00
-2.2%
$5.50
+10.0%
+52.7%$246.32M$247.59M33.331,323News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:DLHC) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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