MCHX vs. HGBL, RSSS, XELA, DHX, EGIO, STCN, ZFOX, OPRX, AIRG, and GCTS
Should you be buying Marchex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marchex include Heritage Global (HGBL), Research Solutions (RSSS), Exela Technologies (XELA), DHI Group (DHX), Edgio (EGIO), Steel Connect (STCN), ZeroFox (ZFOX), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Airgain (AIRG), and GCT Semiconductor (GCTS).
Heritage Global (NASDAQ:HGBL) and Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Heritage Global has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Heritage Global's net margin of -19.85%. Marchex's return on equity of 23.50% beat Heritage Global's return on equity.
Heritage Global has higher revenue and earnings than Marchex. Marchex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.5% of Heritage Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Marchex shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Heritage Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Marchex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Marchex had 1 more articles in the media than Heritage Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Marchex and 1 mentions for Heritage Global. Marchex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Heritage Global'saverage media sentiment score.
Marchex received 303 more outperform votes than Heritage Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.20% of users gave Marchex an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Heritage Global an outperform vote.
Heritage Global currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 107.51%. Given Marchex's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Heritage Global is more favorable than Marchex.
Heritage Global has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Heritage Global beats Marchex on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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