RSSS vs. ACNT, HGBL, UFI, MKFG, TSE, VTNR, DHX, WRAP, DNMR, and LAKE
Should you be buying Research Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Research Solutions include Ascent Industries (ACNT), Heritage Global (HGBL), Unifi (UFI), Markforged (MKFG), Trinseo (TSE), Vertex Energy (VTNR), DHI Group (DHX), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), and Lakeland Industries (LAKE).
Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Research Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Research Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Research Solutions had 25 more articles in the media than Ascent Industries. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Research Solutions and 2 mentions for Ascent Industries. Ascent Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Research Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Research Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ascent Industries currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.66%. Research Solutions has a consensus target price of $4.78, suggesting a potential upside of 57.35%. Given Research Solutions' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ascent Industries is more favorable than Research Solutions.
Research Solutions has a net margin of -1.05% compared to Research Solutions' net margin of -11.07%. Ascent Industries' return on equity of -4.96% beat Research Solutions' return on equity.
Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Solutions has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Research Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascent Industries. Research Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Research Solutions received 9 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 76.92% of users gave Research Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Research Solutions beats Ascent Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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