BGSF (BGSF) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BGSF or HQI?

HireQuest has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
BGSF	$313.17M	0.23	-$10.22M	$0.52	12.77
HireQuest	$37.88M	4.84	$6.14M	$0.38	34.45

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGSF or HQI?

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

Is BGSF or HQI more profitable?

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

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

Do analysts prefer BGSF or HQI?

HireQuest has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.97%. Given HireQuest'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
BGSF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HireQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, BGSF or HQI?

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

Does the media refer more to BGSF or HQI?

In the previous week, HireQuest had 5 more articles in the media than BGSF. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HireQuest and 4 mentions for BGSF. BGSF's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat HireQuest's score of 0.99 indicating that BGSF is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BGSF or HQI?

37.2% of BGSF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of BGSF shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of HireQuest shares are held by 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.

Is BGSF or HQI a better dividend stock?

BGSF pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. HireQuest pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. HireQuest pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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