Resources Connection (RECN) Competitors

Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN) and Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RECN or ACTG?

84.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RECN or ACTG?

Acacia Research received 28 more outperform votes than Resources Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Acacia Research an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Resources Connection an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Resources Connection	Outperform Votes 256 57.14%	Underperform Votes 192 42.86%
Acacia Research	Outperform Votes 284 59.66%	Underperform Votes 192 40.34%

Is RECN or ACTG a better dividend stock?

Resources Connection pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Acacia Research pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Resources Connection pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acacia Research pays out -138.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Acacia Research is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, RECN or ACTG?

Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RECN or ACTG more profitable?

Acacia Research has a net margin of 31.44% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of 4.52%. Resources Connection's return on equity of 11.74% beat Acacia Research's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	4.52%	11.74%	7.30%
Acacia Research	31.44%	10.35%	8.94%

Does the media prefer RECN or ACTG?

In the previous week, Acacia Research had 1 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Acacia Research and 0 mentions for Resources Connection. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Resources Connection's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	Neutral
Acacia Research	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RECN or ACTG?

Acacia Research has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Resources Connection. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resources Connection, 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
Resources Connection	$729M	0.26	$31.47M	$1.03	5.65
Acacia Research	$122.31M	2.48	$67.06M	-$0.36	-8.78

Summary

Acacia Research beats Resources Connection on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.