HeartCore Enterprises (HTCR) Competitors

Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and HeartCore Enterprises (NASDAQ:HTCR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, QRHC or HTCR?

HeartCore Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quest Resource. HeartCore Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quest Resource, 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
Quest Resource	$288.53M	0.16	-$15.06M	-$1.19	-1.87
HeartCore Enterprises	$28.95M	0.34	-$1.48M	-$0.14	-3.16

Is QRHC or HTCR more profitable?

Quest Resource has a net margin of -8.73% compared to HeartCore Enterprises' net margin of -11.18%. HeartCore Enterprises' return on equity of 76.78% beat Quest Resource's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quest Resource	-8.73%	-9.11%	-2.95%
HeartCore Enterprises	-11.18%	76.78%	23.06%

Do analysts prefer QRHC or HTCR?

Quest Resource currently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 339.19%. Given Quest Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quest Resource is more favorable than HeartCore Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quest Resource	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
HeartCore Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QRHC or HTCR?

48.2% of Quest Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Quest Resource shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.2% of HeartCore Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, QRHC or HTCR?

Quest Resource has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HeartCore Enterprises has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer QRHC or HTCR?

In the previous week, HeartCore Enterprises had 4 more articles in the media than Quest Resource. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HeartCore Enterprises and 2 mentions for Quest Resource. HeartCore Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Quest Resource's score of 0.00 indicating that HeartCore Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quest Resource	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HeartCore Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

HeartCore Enterprises beats Quest Resource on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.