RGP vs. CARS, MEG, MPLN, UXIN, TRMR, NVRI, MAX, TSSI, PRTH, and NUTX
Should you be buying Resources Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Resources Connection include Cars.com (CARS), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), MultiPlan (MPLN), Uxin (UXIN), Tremor International (TRMR), Enviri (NVRI), MediaAlpha (MAX), TSS (TSSI), Priority Technology (PRTH), and Nutex Health (NUTX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Resources Connection vs. Its Competitors
Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) and Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
93.2% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Resources Connection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Cars.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cars.com has a net margin of 6.32% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of -19.28%. Cars.com's return on equity of 16.86% beat Resources Connection's return on equity.
Cars.com has higher revenue and earnings than Resources Connection. Resources Connection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Resources Connection has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cars.com has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cars.com had 8 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cars.com and 2 mentions for Resources Connection. Cars.com's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Resources Connection's score of -0.66 indicating that Cars.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Resources Connection presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.66%. Cars.com has a consensus price target of $18.30, indicating a potential upside of 42.41%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cars.com is more favorable than Resources Connection.
Summary
Cars.com beats Resources Connection on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RGP) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff