Quhuo (QH) Competitors

Quhuo (NASDAQ:QH) and Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, QH or ISDR?

Issuer Direct has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quhuo.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quhuo	$3.59B	0.00	$470K	N/A	N/A
Issuer Direct	$33.38M	0.00	$770K	-$0.35	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, QH or ISDR?

Quhuo has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to QH or ISDR?

In the previous week, Quhuo had 3 more articles in the media than Issuer Direct. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Quhuo and 1 mentions for Issuer Direct. Quhuo's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Issuer Direct's score of 0.00 indicating that Quhuo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quhuo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Issuer Direct	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in QH or ISDR?

0.2% of Quhuo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.1% of Quhuo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of Issuer Direct shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is QH or ISDR more profitable?

Quhuo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Issuer Direct's net margin of -4.54%. Issuer Direct's return on equity of 5.03% beat Quhuo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quhuo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Issuer Direct	-4.54%	5.03%	2.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QH or ISDR?

Issuer Direct received 35 more outperform votes than Quhuo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Issuer Direct an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Quhuo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quhuo	Outperform Votes 5 33.33%	Underperform Votes 10 66.67%
Issuer Direct	Outperform Votes 40 62.50%	Underperform Votes 24 37.50%

Summary

Issuer Direct beats Quhuo on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.