III vs. BWMN, HCKT, MOND, OB, BKSY, DLHC, MVST, BLDE, NOTE, and LUNA
Should you be buying Information Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Information Services Group include Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Mondee (MOND), Outbrain (OB), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), DLH (DLHC), Microvast (MVST), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), FiscalNote (NOTE), and Luna Innovations (LUNA). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III) and Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Information Services Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.9% of Information Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Information Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Bowman Consulting Group had 15 more articles in the media than Information Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group and 8 mentions for Information Services Group. Bowman Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Information Services Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Bowman Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Information Services Group received 362 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.51% of users gave Information Services Group an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote.
Information Services Group has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Bowman Consulting Group's net margin of -1.96%. Information Services Group's return on equity of 12.89% beat Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity.
Information Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.28%. Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.39%. Given Information Services Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Information Services Group is more favorable than Bowman Consulting Group.
Information Services Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Information Services Group beats Bowman Consulting Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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