DHX vs. MCHX, ZFOX, STCN, EGIO, OPRX, RMNI, ZH, CMCM, IVAC, and YIBO
Should you be buying DHI Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DHI Group include Marchex (MCHX), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Steel Connect (STCN), Edgio (EGIO), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Rimini Street (RMNI), Zhihu (ZH), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), Intevac (IVAC), and Planet Image International (YIBO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
DHI Group (NYSE:DHX) and Marchex (NASDAQ:MCHX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
DHI Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marchex has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DHI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Marchex. Marchex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DHI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DHI Group had 1 more articles in the media than Marchex. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DHI Group and 9 mentions for Marchex. DHI Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Marchex's score of -0.10 indicating that DHI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DHI Group and Marchex both received 309 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 53.83% of users gave DHI Group an outperform vote while only 52.02% of users gave Marchex an outperform vote.
69.3% of DHI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Marchex shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of DHI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Marchex 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.
DHI Group has a net margin of 2.30% compared to Marchex's net margin of -19.85%. DHI Group's return on equity of 3.78% beat Marchex's return on equity.
DHI Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 168.82%. Given DHI Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DHI Group is more favorable than Marchex.
Summary
DHI Group beats Marchex on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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