HRT vs. AP, TPCS, SNT, CLIR, CCTG, DRTT, AQMS, LASE, GVH, and RAIL
Should you be buying HireRight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HireRight include Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), TechPrecision (TPCS), Senstar Technologies (SNT), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), CCSC Technology International (CCTG), DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Laser Photonics (LASE), Globavend (GVH), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
HireRight (NYSE:HRT) and Ampco-Pittsburgh (NYSE:AP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
HireRight has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ampco-Pittsburgh's net margin of -9.45%. HireRight's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ampco-Pittsburgh's return on equity.
In the previous week, HireRight had 6 more articles in the media than Ampco-Pittsburgh. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HireRight and 1 mentions for Ampco-Pittsburgh. Ampco-Pittsburgh's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat HireRight's score of 0.09 indicating that Ampco-Pittsburgh is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HireRight has higher revenue and earnings than Ampco-Pittsburgh. HireRight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ampco-Pittsburgh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.5% of HireRight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of HireRight shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Ampco-Pittsburgh shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ampco-Pittsburgh received 276 more outperform votes than HireRight when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.64% of users gave Ampco-Pittsburgh an outperform vote while only 34.67% of users gave HireRight an outperform vote.
HireRight has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ampco-Pittsburgh has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HireRight currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.77%. Given HireRight's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe HireRight is more favorable than Ampco-Pittsburgh.
Summary
HireRight beats Ampco-Pittsburgh on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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