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FORR vs. HCKT, UIS, IBM, ACN, CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, CACI, and DOX

Should you be buying Forrester Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forrester Research include The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), International Business Machines (IBM), Accenture (ACN), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), CACI International (CACI), and Amdocs (DOX). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.

Forrester Research vs.

Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Forrester Research pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Forrester Research pays out -266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hackett Group pays out 45.3% 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. Forrester Research is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Forrester Research received 59 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave Forrester Research an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Forrester ResearchOutperform Votes
335
59.50%
Underperform Votes
228
40.50%
The Hackett GroupOutperform Votes
276
68.32%
Underperform Votes
128
31.68%

The Hackett Group has a consensus target price of $32.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. Given The Hackett Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Forrester Research.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Forrester Research
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
The Hackett Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

The Hackett Group has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Forrester Research's net margin of -1.33%. The Hackett Group's return on equity of 36.40% beat Forrester Research's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forrester Research-1.33% 6.35% 2.81%
The Hackett Group 9.44%36.40%20.02%

The Hackett Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forrester Research. Forrester Research 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forrester Research$432.47M0.41-$5.75M-$0.30-31.17
The Hackett Group$313.86M2.25$34.15M$1.0624.09

In the previous week, The Hackett Group had 2 more articles in the media than Forrester Research. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The Hackett Group and 4 mentions for Forrester Research. The Hackett Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Forrester Research's score of 0.27 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Forrester Research
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The Hackett Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Forrester Research has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

55.2% of Forrester Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Forrester Research shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

The Hackett Group beats Forrester Research on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FORR vs. The Competition

MetricForrester ResearchEngineering, accounting, research, management & related services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$177.47M$17.73B$23.05B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A2.72%2.97%4.22%
P/E Ratio-31.1715.4942.1718.48
Price / Sales0.413.492,093.22103.60
Price / Cash6.6016.1234.7234.62
Price / Book0.757.346.134.25
Net Income-$5.75M$842.33M$738.82M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-6.87%-5.89%1.30%0.89%
1 Month Performance-0.11%-6.84%1.62%3.53%
1 Year Performance-46.91%-11.85%52,744.83%5.08%

Forrester Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORR
Forrester Research
3.368 of 5 stars
$9.47
+1.3%
N/A-48.6%$179.60M$432.47M-31.541,780Upcoming Earnings
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.2926 of 5 stars
$25.34
-0.9%
$32.67
+28.9%
+17.8%$700.58M$313.86M23.911,180Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
UIS
Unisys
4.3776 of 5 stars
$3.98
-2.5%
$6.50
+63.3%
-27.8%$282.85M$2.01B-1.4116,200Earnings Report
Gap Up
IBM
International Business Machines
4.3075 of 5 stars
$236.15
+1.6%
$242.41
+2.7%
+45.5%$218.97B$62.83B36.84311,300Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
ACN
Accenture
4.9717 of 5 stars
$293.51
+0.0%
$377.82
+28.7%
-0.6%$183.83B$67.22B24.62721,000Positive News
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.3798 of 5 stars
$72.58
+0.6%
$83.67
+15.3%
+12.0%$35.90B$19.74B16.09355,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IT
Gartner
4.5284 of 5 stars
$416.66
+0.1%
$513.63
+23.3%
+2.0%$32.01B$6.27B25.9919,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
4.7902 of 5 stars
$145.74
+0.0%
$179.23
+23.0%
+5.0%$18.69B$16.66B15.7745,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.8909 of 5 stars
$118.90
-0.6%
$146.45
+23.2%
-18.8%$15.06B$11.78B17.7229,300Positive News
CACI
CACI International
3.9038 of 5 stars
$449.54
+0.0%
$525.25
+16.8%
+13.8%$10.08B$8.36B21.0922,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DOX
Amdocs
4.8159 of 5 stars
$86.78
+0.9%
$101.20
+16.6%
+5.5%$9.80B$4.87B20.1330,300Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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