HireQuest (HQI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLHC or HQI?

DLH received 274 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave DLH an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLH	Outperform Votes 280 64.97%	Underperform Votes 151 35.03%
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 6 46.15%	Underperform Votes 7 53.85%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DLHC or HQI?

61.5% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of DLH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of HireQuest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, DLHC or HQI?

DLH has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLHC or HQI more profitable?

HireQuest has a net margin of 32.00% compared to HireQuest's net margin of 2.20%. DLH's return on equity of 18.87% beat HireQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLH	2.20%	9.57%	3.04%
HireQuest	32.00%	18.87%	10.85%

Does the media prefer DLHC or HQI?

In the previous week, DLH had 1 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DLH and 1 mentions for HireQuest. DLH's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat HireQuest's score of 0.47 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DLH	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 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)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DLHC or HQI?

HireQuest has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.45%. Given DLH's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than DLH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DLHC or HQI?

DLH has higher revenue and earnings than HireQuest. HireQuest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, 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
DLH	$395.17M	0.42	$23.29M	$0.53	22.70
HireQuest	$30.95M	6.80	$12.46M	$0.85	17.80

Summary

HireQuest beats DLH on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.