HireQuest (HQI) Competitors

DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer DDI or HQI?

In the previous week, DoubleDown Interactive and DoubleDown Interactive both had 2 articles in the media. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat DoubleDown Interactive's score of 0.44 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DoubleDown Interactive	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HireQuest	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DDI or HQI?

DoubleDown Interactive has higher revenue and earnings than HireQuest. DoubleDown Interactive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DoubleDown Interactive	$336.68M	1.32	$124.02M	$2.38	3.78
HireQuest	$33.65M	4.16	$6.14M	$0.25	40.00

Do analysts rate DDI or HQI?

DoubleDown Interactive presently has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 125.93%. HireQuest has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.00%. Given DoubleDown Interactive's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DoubleDown Interactive is more favorable than HireQuest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoubleDown Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, DDI or HQI?

DoubleDown Interactive has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDI or HQI?

DoubleDown Interactive received 3 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.33% of users gave DoubleDown Interactive an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DoubleDown Interactive	Outperform Votes 20 83.33%	Underperform Votes 4 16.67%
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 17 70.83%	Underperform Votes 7 29.17%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DDI or HQI?

12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of HireQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DDI or HQI more profitable?

DoubleDown Interactive has a net margin of 36.37% compared to HireQuest's net margin of 4.04%. DoubleDown Interactive's return on equity of 15.52% beat HireQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoubleDown Interactive	36.37%	15.52%	14.31%
HireQuest	4.04%	11.02%	6.69%

Summary

DoubleDown Interactive beats HireQuest on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.