QRHC vs. HQI, BKSY, MAPS, AISP, AIRJ, BNAI, MVST, MOND, PONO, and FNGR
Should you be buying Quest Resource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quest Resource include HireQuest (HQI), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), WM Technology (MAPS), Airship AI (AISP), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), Microvast (MVST), Mondee (MOND), Pono Capital (PONO), and FingerMotion (FNGR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Quest Resource received 165 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.25% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave Quest Resource an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Quest Resource had 5 more articles in the media than HireQuest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quest Resource and 0 mentions for HireQuest. Quest Resource's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat HireQuest's score of 0.00 indicating that Quest Resource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quest Resource. Quest Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quest Resource presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. HireQuest has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.13%. Given HireQuest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HireQuest is more favorable than Quest Resource.
Quest Resource has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HireQuest has a net margin of 16.20% compared to Quest Resource's net margin of -2.53%. HireQuest's return on equity of 10.37% beat Quest Resource's return on equity.
48.2% of Quest Resource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 23.6% of Quest Resource shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of HireQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
HireQuest beats Quest Resource on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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