Vivakor (VIVK) Competitors

Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) and HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VIVK or HQI?

HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vivakor. Vivakor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, 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
Vivakor	$89.81M	0.39	-$10.74M	-$0.77	-1.01
HireQuest	$33.65M	3.95	$6.14M	$0.25	37.96

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VIVK or HQI?

HireQuest received 17 more outperform votes than Vivakor when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vivakor	N/A	N/A
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 17 70.83%	Underperform Votes 7 29.17%

Do analysts recommend VIVK or HQI?

HireQuest has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.60%. Given HireQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HireQuest is more favorable than Vivakor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivakor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, VIVK or HQI?

Vivakor has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VIVK or HQI?

12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.8% of Vivakor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of HireQuest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is VIVK or HQI more profitable?

HireQuest has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Vivakor's net margin of -17.30%. HireQuest's return on equity of 11.02% beat Vivakor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivakor	-17.30%	-66.05%	-14.70%
HireQuest	4.04%	11.02%	6.69%

Does the media refer more to VIVK or HQI?

In the previous week, HireQuest had 6 more articles in the media than Vivakor. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HireQuest and 2 mentions for Vivakor. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of -0.21 beat Vivakor's score of -0.83 indicating that HireQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vivakor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
HireQuest	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HireQuest beats Vivakor on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.