HireQuest (HQI) Competitors

HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) 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 dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Is HQI or DLHC more profitable?

HireQuest has a net margin of 16.20% compared to DLH's net margin of 0.51%. HireQuest's return on equity of 10.37% beat DLH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HireQuest	16.20%	10.37%	6.02%
DLH	0.51%	6.78%	2.02%

Which has more risk and volatility, HQI or DLHC?

HireQuest has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DLH has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HQI or DLHC?

In the previous week, DLH had 2 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DLH and 0 mentions for HireQuest. DLH's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat HireQuest's score of 0.00 indicating that DLH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HireQuest	Neutral
DLH	Positive

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

12.0% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of HireQuest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of DLH shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HQI or DLHC?

DLH received 278 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave DLH an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 9 56.25%	Underperform Votes 7 43.75%
DLH	Outperform Votes 287 65.08%	Underperform Votes 154 34.92%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HQI or DLHC?

HireQuest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DLH. 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
HireQuest	$37.88M	4.57	$6.14M	$0.45	27.47
DLH	$375.87M	0.42	$1.46M	$0.15	73.14

Do analysts recommend HQI or DLHC?

HireQuest presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Given HireQuest's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than DLH.

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
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

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