MEG vs. HURN, HCKT, BWMN, ICFI, EXPO, MAX, KFRC, GDS, SEAT, and AMPL
Should you be buying Montrose Environmental Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montrose Environmental Group include Huron Consulting Group (HURN), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), ICF International (ICFI), Exponent (EXPO), MediaAlpha (MAX), Kforce (KFRC), GDS (GDS), Vivid Seats (SEAT), and Amplitude (AMPL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE:MEG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus price target of $129.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.13%. Montrose Environmental Group has a consensus price target of $46.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Montrose Environmental Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Huron Consulting Group is more favorable than Montrose Environmental Group.
93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Montrose Environmental Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Huron Consulting Group had 2 more articles in the media than Montrose Environmental Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Huron Consulting Group and 5 mentions for Montrose Environmental Group. Montrose Environmental Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Huron Consulting Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Huron Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montrose Environmental Group has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huron Consulting Group has a net margin of 4.47% compared to Huron Consulting Group's net margin of -4.94%. Montrose Environmental Group's return on equity of 17.77% beat Huron Consulting Group's return on equity.
Huron Consulting Group received 191 more outperform votes than Montrose Environmental Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Huron Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Montrose Environmental Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats Montrose Environmental Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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