Resources Connection (RGP) Competitors

Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RGP) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RGP or NVRI?

93.2% of Resources Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Resources Connection shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, RGP or NVRI?

Resources Connection has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RGP or NVRI?

Resources Connection currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.87%. Enviri has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.60%. Given Enviri's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enviri is more favorable than Resources Connection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resources Connection	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Enviri	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer RGP or NVRI?

In the previous week, Enviri had 2 more articles in the media than Resources Connection. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enviri and 3 mentions for Resources Connection. Resources Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Enviri's score of 0.44 indicating that Resources Connection is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Resources Connection	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enviri	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RGP or NVRI?

Resources Connection has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviri. Enviri 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	$632.80M	0.29	$21.03M	-$3.28	-1.71
Enviri	$2.34B	0.32	-$127.97M	-$1.54	-6.15

Is RGP or NVRI more profitable?

Enviri has a net margin of -5.39% compared to Resources Connection's net margin of -19.28%. Resources Connection's return on equity of 2.09% beat Enviri's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resources Connection	-19.28%	2.09%	1.64%
Enviri	-5.39%	-3.43%	-0.61%

Summary

Enviri beats Resources Connection on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.