RMR vs. HCKT, LBAI, BDN, MYI, RWT, FBMS, LDI, CTBI, ABL, and AMTB
Should you be buying The RMR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The RMR Group include The Hackett Group (HCKT), Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Redwood Trust (RWT), First Bancshares (FBMS), loanDepot (LDI), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), Abacus Life (ABL), and Amerant Bancorp (AMTB).
The RMR Group (NASDAQ:RMR) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
The RMR Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.3% of The RMR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of The RMR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by company 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.
The RMR Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hackett Group. The RMR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hackett Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The RMR Group had 14 more articles in the media than The Hackett Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for The RMR Group and 1 mentions for The Hackett Group. The Hackett Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat The RMR Group's score of 0.56 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The RMR Group currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.14%. The Hackett Group has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.78%. Given The RMR Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The RMR Group is more favorable than The Hackett Group.
The Hackett Group has a net margin of 11.52% compared to The RMR Group's net margin of 5.93%. The Hackett Group's return on equity of 43.58% beat The RMR Group's return on equity.
The RMR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. The RMR Group pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hackett Group pays out 35.5% 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.
The RMR Group received 90 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.01% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave The RMR Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats The RMR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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