PCT vs. HCSG, PSFE, NRC, DLX, KELYA, MDRX, TIXT, NN, ARIS, and NYAX
Should you be buying PureCycle Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PureCycle Technologies include Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Paysafe (PSFE), National Research (NRC), Deluxe (DLX), Kelly Services (KELYA), Veradigm (MDRX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), NextNav (NN), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), and Nayax (NYAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and PureCycle Technologies (NYSE:PCT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Healthcare Services Group had 7 more articles in the media than PureCycle Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Healthcare Services Group and 1 mentions for PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Healthcare Services Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Healthcare Services Group received 272 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
Healthcare Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Services Group has a net margin of 2.30% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of 0.00%. PureCycle Technologies' return on equity of 10.81% beat Healthcare Services Group's return on equity.
Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Healthcare Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.23%. PureCycle Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Healthcare Services Group.
Summary
Healthcare Services Group beats PureCycle Technologies on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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