HCKT vs. TDC, UIS, FORR, IBM, ACN, CTSH, LDOS, IT, BAH, and CACI
Should you be buying The Hackett Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hackett Group include Teradata (TDC), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), International Business Machines (IBM), Accenture (ACN), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), Gartner (IT), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), and CACI International (CACI). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
The Hackett Group vs. Its Competitors
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) and Teradata (NYSE:TDC) are both small-cap it consulting & other services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Teradata has a net margin of 6.57% compared to The Hackett Group's net margin of 5.37%. Teradata's return on equity of 96.29% beat The Hackett Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Teradata had 1 more articles in the media than The Hackett Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Teradata and 5 mentions for The Hackett Group. The Hackett Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Teradata's score of 1.30 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Hackett Group presently has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.49%. Teradata has a consensus price target of $26.86, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. Given The Hackett Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Teradata.
Teradata has higher revenue and earnings than The Hackett Group. Teradata 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.
78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Teradata shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Teradata shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hackett Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradata has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats Teradata on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HCKT) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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