HGBL vs. RSSS, MNY, FCAP, CFBK, RVSB, NMI, PROV, NMT, SBFG, and SWZ
Should you be buying Heritage Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Global include Research Solutions (RSSS), MoneyHero (MNY), First Capital (FCAP), CF Bankshares (CFBK), Riverview Bancorp (RVSB), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), Provident Financial (PROV), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), SB Financial Group (SBFG), and The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ).
Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) and Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Research Solutions received 3 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Research Solutions an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Research Solutions had 26 more articles in the media than Heritage Global. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Research Solutions and 1 mentions for Heritage Global. Heritage Global's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Research Solutions' score of 0.21 indicating that Heritage Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Global has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Solutions has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than Research Solutions. Research Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heritage Global presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 106.69%. Research Solutions has a consensus target price of $4.68, indicating a potential upside of 51.79%. Given Heritage Global's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Global is more favorable than Research Solutions.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Research Solutions' net margin of -1.05%. Heritage Global's return on equity of 23.50% beat Research Solutions' return on equity.
33.5% of Heritage Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Research Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Heritage Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Research Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Heritage Global beats Research Solutions on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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