FORR vs. HCKT, UIS, IBM, ACN, CTSH, IT, LDOS, BAH, DOX, and EPAM
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), Amdocs (DOX), and EPAM Systems (EPAM). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Forrester Research vs. Its Competitors
Forrester Research (NASDAQ:FORR) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
The Hackett Group has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Given The Hackett Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Forrester Research.
Forrester Research pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Forrester Research pays out -17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hackett Group pays out 56.5% 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. The Hackett Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive 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, 68.40% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Forrester Research an outperform vote.
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.
55.2% of Forrester Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.2% of Forrester Research shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Forrester Research had 1 more articles in the media than The Hackett Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Forrester Research and 3 mentions for The Hackett Group. The Hackett Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Forrester Research's score of 0.41 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Forrester Research has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats Forrester Research on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FORR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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