HCSG vs. MGRC, KAR, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, BKD, ATIP, MIR, and PAY
Should you be buying Healthcare Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Services Group include McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), ATI Physical Therapy (ATIP), Mirion Technologies (MIR), and Paymentus (PAY).
Healthcare Services Group vs.
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Healthcare Services Group received 47 more outperform votes than McGrath RentCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.01% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 55.99% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by company 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.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.44% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 2.30%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.68% beat Healthcare Services Group's return on equity.
McGrath RentCorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Services Group. McGrath RentCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.21%. McGrath RentCorp has a consensus price target of $145.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.13%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than McGrath RentCorp.
Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 2 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 2 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. Healthcare Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat McGrath RentCorp's score of 0.84 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Healthcare Services Group pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Healthcare Services Group pays out 159.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McGrath RentCorp pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McGrath RentCorp has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
Summary
McGrath RentCorp beats Healthcare Services Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HCSG) was last updated on 3/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
