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Harte Hanks (HHS) Competitors

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HHS vs. GOOG, OMC, LAMR, IPG, NCMI, CCO, HQI, BKKT, RCMT, and TBI

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), National CineMedia (NCMI), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), HireQuest (HQI), Bakkt (BKKT), RCM Technologies (RCMT), and TrueBlue (TBI).

Harte Hanks vs.

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

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

In the previous week, Alphabet had 183 more articles in the media than Harte Hanks. MarketBeat recorded 183 mentions for Alphabet and 0 mentions for Harte Hanks. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Harte Hanks' score of 0.00 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Harte Hanks Neutral
Alphabet Positive

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
Harte Hanks$191.49M0.19-$1.57M-$4.05-1.21
Alphabet$359.71B5.62$100.12B$8.9718.48

Alphabet has a consensus price target of $203.94, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Harte Hanks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harte Hanks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Alphabet
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Harte Hanks has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alphabet has a net margin of 28.60% compared to Harte Hanks' net margin of -15.91%. Alphabet's return on equity of 32.49% beat Harte Hanks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harte Hanks-15.91% 32.07% 5.75%
Alphabet 28.60%32.49%23.52%

Alphabet received 2191 more outperform votes than Harte Hanks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.50% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Harte Hanks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Harte HanksOutperform Votes
241
63.25%
Underperform Votes
140
36.75%
AlphabetOutperform Votes
2432
82.50%
Underperform Votes
516
17.50%

Summary

Alphabet beats Harte Hanks on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HHS vs. The Competition

MetricHarte HanksDirect mail advertising services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.83MN/A$22.32B$19.20B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.59%4.00%
P/E Ratio-1.21N/A31.1733.45
Price / Sales0.19N/A172.6229.18
Price / Cash5.23N/A31.5117.52
Price / Book1.78N/A5.604.55
Net Income-$1.57MN/A$194.12M$1.02B

Harte Hanks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HHS
Harte Hanks
N/A$4.89
-3.3%
N/A-30.6%$37.83M$191.49M-1.211,962
GOOG
Alphabet
4.7566 of 5 stars
$162.42
-0.9%
$203.94
+25.6%
-1.6%$1.98T$359.71B20.18190,200Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.9032 of 5 stars
$75.48
+0.7%
$101.29
+34.2%
-16.8%$14.73B$15.75B10.1374,200
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
3.5127 of 5 stars
$113.80
+1.5%
$134.60
+18.3%
-2.3%$11.65B$2.21B32.243,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.6961 of 5 stars
$24.81
+1.0%
$33.44
+34.8%
-17.0%$9.25B$10.52B13.5658,400Positive News
NCMI
National CineMedia
2.9192 of 5 stars
$5.89
-0.2%
$7.70
+30.7%
+25.1%$560.68M$240.80M-23.56350Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CCO
Clear Channel Outdoor
1.5644 of 5 stars
$1.02
flat
$2.22
+117.3%
-30.3%$499.86M$1.51B-3.524,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HQI
HireQuest
3.3857 of 5 stars
$10.08
-3.1%
$17.50
+73.6%
-18.5%$141.12M$34.60M91.6473,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
BKKT
Bakkt
0.2555 of 5 stars
$9.50
-4.5%
N/A+58.9%$130.25M$3.49B-0.78760Gap Up
RCMT
RCM Technologies
3.4078 of 5 stars
$17.04
+0.2%
$33.50
+96.6%
-8.3%$129.32M$278.38M8.743,880Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
TBI
TrueBlue
3.8032 of 5 stars
$4.29
flat
$11.50
+168.1%
-57.9%$127.91M$1.57B-1.036,500Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:HHS) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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