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HCM Acquisition (HCMA) Competitors

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$7.42 +0.02 (+0.27%)
As of 08/1/2025

HCMA vs. QSG, VSTA, NRDY, EM, EWCZ, SDA, CHGG, COE, IH, and STG

Should you be buying HCM Acquisition stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCM Acquisition include QuantaSing Group (QSG), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), European Wax Center (EWCZ), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Chegg (CHGG), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), iHuman (IH), and Sunlands Technology Group (STG). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

HCM Acquisition vs. Its Competitors

QuantaSing Group (NASDAQ:QSG) and HCM Acquisition (NASDAQ:HCMA) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

QuantaSing Group has a net margin of 14.27% compared to HCM Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. QuantaSing Group's return on equity of 68.92% beat HCM Acquisition's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QuantaSing Group14.27% 68.92% 28.97%
HCM Acquisition N/A N/A N/A

QuantaSing Group has a beta of -0.96, meaning that its share price is 196% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCM Acquisition has a beta of -0.27, meaning that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, QuantaSing Group and QuantaSing Group both had 3 articles in the media. HCM Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat QuantaSing Group's score of -0.11 indicating that HCM Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QuantaSing Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HCM Acquisition
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

11.8% of HCM Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.2% of HCM Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

QuantaSing Group has higher revenue and earnings than HCM Acquisition.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QuantaSing Group$3.11B0.13$53.05M$1.117.19
HCM AcquisitionN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

QuantaSing Group presently has a consensus target price of $9.52, indicating a potential upside of 19.30%. Given QuantaSing Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe QuantaSing Group is more favorable than HCM Acquisition.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QuantaSing Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
HCM Acquisition
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

QuantaSing Group beats HCM Acquisition on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HCMA vs. The Competition

MetricHCM AcquisitionHolding Offices IndustryServices SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$104.93M$226.79M$297.94M$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A3.27%2.29%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A1.929.1723.83
Price / SalesN/A550.784.0466.14
Price / CashN/A115.774.9457.96
Price / BookN/A8.822.505.54
Net IncomeN/A-$11.33M-$19.24M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-6.30%-3.30%-10.59%-4.67%
1 Month Performance-29.67%-3.38%6.48%4.37%
1 Year Performance-2.80%114.77%243.34%17.91%

HCM Acquisition Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$7.42
+0.3%
N/A-3.1%$104.93MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
QSG
QuantaSing Group
1.9375 of 5 stars
$9.11
-2.7%
$9.52
+4.5%
+369.4%$479.34M$522.26M8.212,010News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VSTA
Vasta Platform
3.3405 of 5 stars
$4.10
+1.0%
N/A+41.4%$325.62M$310.48M4.061,808Upcoming Earnings
NRDY
Nerdy
1.7717 of 5 stars
$1.69
-1.5%
$2.31
+37.2%
-14.1%$311.98M$190.23M-4.21700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
EM
Smart Share Global
1.493 of 5 stars
$1.14
flat
$1.25
+9.6%
+61.5%$289.04M$1.89B38.015,090News Coverage
Positive News
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.6553 of 5 stars
$5.00
-1.2%
$7.00
+40.0%
-51.5%$279.34M$216.92M25.00110Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
3.7141 of 5 stars
$2.39
+1.7%
$7.75
+224.3%
-76.1%$243.55M$441.90M0.00N/A
CHGG
Chegg
3.5905 of 5 stars
$1.60
-6.2%
$1.70
+6.6%
-59.4%$181.17M$617.57M-0.191,271News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$29.26
+0.9%
N/A+95.8%$171.08M$59.49M-16.35620
IH
iHuman
N/A$2.96
+6.1%
N/A+85.0%$145.13M$126.34M10.961,120Gap Up
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
0.9299 of 5 stars
$10.30
-0.4%
N/A-15.6%$139.78M$272.66M3.302,071Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:HCMA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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