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Resources Connection (RECN) Competitors

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RECN vs. ACTG, FC, MG, OMEX, VRSK, EFX, FCN, DNB, CBZ, and EXPO

Should you be buying Resources Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Resources Connection include Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), FTI Consulting (FCN), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), and Exponent (EXPO). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.

Resources Connection vs. Its Competitors

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

Resources Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Resources Connection$729M0.25$31.47M$1.035.62
Acacia Research$122.31M2.96-$36.06M-$0.11-34.27

84.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Acacia Research shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Resources Connection shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Acacia Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Resources Connection has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acacia Research has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Acacia Research had 1 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Acacia Research and 1 mentions for Resources Connection. Acacia Research's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Resources Connection's score of 0.00 indicating that Acacia Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acacia Research
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Resources Connection has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Acacia Research's net margin of -5.21%. 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 Connection4.52% 11.74% 7.30%
Acacia Research -5.21%2.09%1.60%

Summary

Resources Connection beats Acacia Research on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RECN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RECN vs. The Competition

MetricResources ConnectionBusiness Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$185.44M$157.21M$19.17B$9.55B
Dividend Yield5.43%N/A2.73%4.01%
P/E Ratio5.790.6324.9616.92
Price / Sales0.2524.2150.22104.42
Price / Cash7.9311.7027.3358.54
Price / Book0.663.516.265.87
Net Income$31.47M$1.30M$197.98M$258.89M

Resources Connection Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RECN
Resources Connection
N/A$5.79
+9.9%
N/A-54.0%$185.44M$729M5.793,896News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.2836 of 5 stars
$3.66
-2.9%
N/A-30.3%$362.57M$122.31M-33.271,036Positive News
FC
Franklin Covey
4.0564 of 5 stars
$19.65
-2.2%
$31.00
+57.8%
-50.3%$254.10M$287.23M24.871,084
MG
Mistras Group
4.2508 of 5 stars
$7.85
-3.1%
N/A-17.1%$253.77M$729.64M16.704,800News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
OMEX
Odyssey Marine Exploration
N/A$1.74
+21.7%
N/A-63.1%$44.81M$770K0.0010News Coverage
Positive News
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.1032 of 5 stars
$300.14
-1.8%
$302.40
+0.8%
+8.0%$42.75B$2.88B43.947,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EFX
Equifax
4.7937 of 5 stars
$257.23
-1.3%
$295.50
+14.9%
-7.9%$32.37B$5.73B52.6014,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.1735 of 5 stars
$163.90
-2.0%
$175.50
+7.1%
-22.9%$5.74B$3.70B22.428,374Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
DNB
Dun & Bradstreet
3.3429 of 5 stars
$9.11
flat
$11.86
+30.2%
-13.4%$4.07B$2.38B-182.206,247Upcoming Earnings
CBZ
CBIZ
3.3731 of 5 stars
$72.48
-0.5%
$86.00
+18.7%
-7.0%$3.96B$1.81B49.3110,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EXPO
Exponent
3.466 of 5 stars
$72.34
-2.8%
$120.00
+65.9%
-31.9%$3.78B$558.51M35.291,168Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:RECN) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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