CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ – Get Free Report) and The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Risk & Volatility
CBIZ has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hackett Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for CBIZ and The Hackett Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CBIZ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| The Hackett Group | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares CBIZ and The Hackett Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CBIZ | $2.68 billion | 1.03 | $41.04 million | $1.52 | 33.19 |
| The Hackett Group | $309.11 million | 1.59 | $29.63 million | $0.38 | 47.55 |
CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than The Hackett Group. CBIZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hackett Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares CBIZ and The Hackett Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CBIZ | 3.89% | 14.02% | 5.76% |
| The Hackett Group | 5.37% | 24.12% | 14.34% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of CBIZ shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats CBIZ on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CBIZ
CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.
About The Hackett Group
The Hackett Group, Inc. operates as an intellectual property-based executive advisory, strategic consulting, and digital transformation company in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Strategy & Business Transformation, Oracle Solutions, and SAP Solutions. It offers Hackett Connect, an online searchable repository; best practice accelerators that provide web-based access to best practices, customized software configuration tools, and best practice process flows; advisor inquiry for access to fact-based advice on proven approaches and methods; best practice research that provides insights into the proven approaches; and peer interaction comprising member-led webcasts, annual best practice conferences, annual member forums, membership performance surveys, and client-submitted content, as well as IP-as-a-service and Hackett Institute programs. The company also provides benchmarking services that conduct studies for selling, general and administrative, finance, human resources, information technology, procurement, enterprise performance management, and shared services; and business transformation practices which help clients develop a coordinated digital transformation strategy. In addition, it offers oracle solutions that help clients to choose and deploy oracle applications that best meet their needs and objectives. Further, the company provides SAP solutions, including planning, architecture, and vendor evaluation and selection through implementation, customization, testing, and integration; post-implementation support, change and exception management, process transparency, system documentation, and end-user training; and off-shore application development, and application maintenance and support services. The company was formerly known as Answerthink, Inc. and changed its name to The Hackett Group, Inc. in 2008. The Hackett Group, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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