HURN vs. RMR, ICFI, EXPO, MEG, HCKT, BWMN, BFH, PAYO, GOTU, and DSGR
Should you be buying Huron Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huron Consulting Group include The RMR Group (RMR), ICF International (ICFI), Exponent (EXPO), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Bread Financial (BFH), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), and Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR).
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 5 more articles in the media than Huron Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The RMR Group and 3 mentions for Huron Consulting Group. Huron Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat The RMR Group's score of 0.60 indicating that The RMR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The RMR Group currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.07%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $129.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.08%. Given Huron Consulting Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The RMR Group has a net margin of 5.93% compared to The RMR Group's net margin of 4.47%. The RMR Group's return on equity of 17.77% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than The RMR Group. The RMR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huron Consulting Group received 49 more outperform votes than The RMR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 60.31% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats The RMR Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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