OLB Group (OLB) Competitors

Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) 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 media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, QRHC or OLB?

OLB Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quest Resource. Quest Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OLB Group, 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	0.13	-$15.06M	-$1.21	-1.49
OLB Group	$10.41M	0.94	-$11.23M	-$4.35	-0.26

Which has more risk and volatility, QRHC or OLB?

Quest Resource has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OLB Group has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to QRHC or OLB?

In the previous week, OLB Group had 1 more articles in the media than Quest Resource. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OLB Group and 2 mentions for Quest Resource. OLB Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Quest Resource's score of 0.50 indicating that OLB Group 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OLB Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend QRHC or OLB?

Quest Resource currently has a consensus price target of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Quest Resource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quest Resource is more favorable than OLB Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quest Resource	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
OLB Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is QRHC or OLB more profitable?

Quest Resource has a net margin of -9.34% compared to OLB Group's net margin of -90.18%. Quest Resource's return on equity of -13.12% beat OLB Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quest Resource	-9.34%	-13.12%	-3.98%
OLB Group	-90.18%	-202.36%	-70.26%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of QRHC or OLB?

48.2% of Quest Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of OLB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Quest Resource shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.6% of OLB Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Quest Resource beats OLB Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.