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Harte Hanks (HHS) Competitors

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HHS vs. GOOG, OMC, LAMR, IPG, CCO, NCMI, HQI, MRAM, SKIL, and MAPS

Should you be buying Harte Hanks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harte Hanks include Alphabet (GOOG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), HireQuest (HQI), Everspin Tech (MRAM), Skillsoft (SKIL), and WM Technology (MAPS).

Harte Hanks vs. Its Competitors

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Harte Hanks (NYSE:HHS) are both advertising companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 171 more articles in the media than Harte Hanks. MarketBeat recorded 171 mentions for Alphabet and 0 mentions for Harte Hanks. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Harte Hanks' score of 0.00 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alphabet Positive
Harte Hanks Neutral

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Harte Hanks. Harte Hanks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet$359.71B6.08$100.12B$8.9720.09
Harte Hanks$191.49M0.14-$1.57M-$4.05-0.92

Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harte Hanks has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

27.3% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Harte Hanks shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Harte Hanks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alphabet presently has a consensus price target of $206.38, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Harte Hanks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alphabet
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Harte Hanks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Alphabet has a net margin of 30.86% compared to Harte Hanks' net margin of -15.91%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.54% beat Harte Hanks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alphabet30.86% 34.54% 25.07%
Harte Hanks -15.91%32.07%5.75%

Summary

Alphabet beats Harte Hanks on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HHS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HHS vs. The Competition

MetricHarte HanksDirect mail advertising services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.83MN/A$13.11B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio-0.92N/A28.9528.10
Price / Sales0.14N/A391.1836.78
Price / Cash5.23N/A26.8322.53
Price / Book1.36N/A6.294.58
Net Income-$1.57MN/A$188.91M$985.54M

Harte Hanks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HHS
Harte Hanks
0.4883 of 5 stars
$3.74
-25.9%
N/A-57.1%$37.83M$191.49M-0.921,962
GOOG
Alphabet
4.864 of 5 stars
$177.39
-0.5%
$206.38
+16.3%
-6.1%$2.16T$350.02B19.78190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.9393 of 5 stars
$72.03
+0.9%
$96.43
+33.9%
-16.0%$13.92B$15.69B9.8574,900News Coverage
Positive News
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
2.8073 of 5 stars
$121.36
+0.4%
$134.00
+10.4%
+4.7%$12.37B$2.21B29.463,500Trending News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.8755 of 5 stars
$24.50
+1.0%
$32.72
+33.6%
-10.4%$8.97B$10.69B18.7053,300Positive News
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
2.2589 of 5 stars
$1.18
-2.1%
$2.04
+73.4%
-21.7%$596.06M$1.51B-19.584,100
NCMI
National CineMedia
2.672 of 5 stars
$4.84
-1.0%
$7.00
+44.6%
+7.8%$461.15M$240.80M-25.47350
HQI
HireQuest
3.8068 of 5 stars
$10.01
-1.9%
$16.00
+59.8%
-13.3%$142.80M$34.60M40.0465,000High Trading Volume
MRAM
Everspin Tech
1.0365 of 5 stars
$6.29
+0.8%
$8.00
+27.2%
+14.9%$140.20M$50.40M-314.5090
SKIL
Skillsoft
1.1826 of 5 stars
$15.92
+0.1%
N/A+24.5%$136.31M$530.99M-0.992,261Analyst Downgrade
MAPS
WM Technology
3.2821 of 5 stars
$0.90
+3.1%
$2.61
+191.3%
-12.6%$134.10M$184.51M11.20610

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This page (NYSE:HHS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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