BGSF (BGSF) Competitors

HireQuest (NASDAQ:HQI) and BGSF (NYSE:BGSF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the media refer more to HQI or BGSF?

In the previous week, HireQuest had 3 more articles in the media than BGSF. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HireQuest and 6 mentions for BGSF. HireQuest's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat BGSF's score of 1.08 indicating that BGSF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HireQuest	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BGSF	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, HQI or BGSF?

HireQuest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BGSF. BGSF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HireQuest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HireQuest	$37.88M	4.82	$6.14M	$0.38	34.29
BGSF	$313.17M	0.24	-$10.22M	$0.52	13.37

Which has more risk & volatility, HQI or BGSF?

HireQuest has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BGSF has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HQI or BGSF a better dividend stock?

HireQuest pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BGSF pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. HireQuest pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BGSF pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HQI or BGSF?

12.0% of HireQuest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of BGSF shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.8% of HireQuest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of BGSF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HQI or BGSF?

HireQuest currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.65%. Given BGSF's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HireQuest is more favorable than BGSF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BGSF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is HQI or BGSF more profitable?

HireQuest has a net margin of 14.06% compared to HireQuest's net margin of 1.78%. HireQuest's return on equity of 9.74% beat BGSF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HireQuest	14.06%	9.23%	5.50%
BGSF	1.78%	9.74%	4.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HQI or BGSF?

BGSF received 25 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave BGSF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HireQuest	Outperform Votes 11 61.11%	Underperform Votes 7 38.89%
BGSF	Outperform Votes 36 61.02%	Underperform Votes 23 38.98%

Summary

HireQuest beats BGSF on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.