HireQuest (HQI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to HQI or DDI?

In the previous week, DoubleDown Interactive had 6 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DoubleDown Interactive and 8 mentions for HireQuest. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of -0.21 beat DoubleDown Interactive's score of -0.65 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HireQuest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DoubleDown Interactive	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HQI or DDI?

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
HireQuest	$33.65M	3.95	$6.14M	$0.25	37.96
DoubleDown Interactive	$336.68M	1.44	$124.02M	$2.38	4.12

Which has more volatility and risk, HQI or DDI?

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

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

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HQI or DDI?

DoubleDown Interactive received 3 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.96% of users gave DoubleDown Interactive an outperform vote while only 70.83% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 17 70.83%	Underperform Votes 7 29.17%
DoubleDown Interactive	Outperform Votes 20 86.96%	Underperform Votes 3 13.04%

Is HQI or DDI 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
HireQuest	4.04%	11.02%	6.69%
DoubleDown Interactive	36.37%	15.52%	14.31%

Do analysts prefer HQI or DDI?

HireQuest currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.60%. DoubleDown Interactive has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 107.27%. Given DoubleDown Interactive's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DoubleDown Interactive is more favorable than HireQuest.

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

Summary

DoubleDown Interactive beats HireQuest on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.