Reviewing Worley (OTCMKTS:WYGPY) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG)

Worley (OTCMKTS:WYGPY) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Worley has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Worley and Healthcare Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worley	N/A	N/A	N/A
Healthcare Services Group	2.20%	12.23%	7.52%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Worley and Healthcare Services Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worley	0	0	1	0	3.00
Healthcare Services Group	0	4	3	0	2.43

Healthcare Services Group has a consensus target price of $19.40, indicating a potential upside of 0.41%. Given Healthcare Services Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than Worley.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Worley and Healthcare Services Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Worley	$7.28 billion	0.63	$264.87 million	N/A	N/A
Healthcare Services Group	$1.72 billion	0.79	$39.47 million	$0.54	35.78

Worley has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Services Group.

Summary

Healthcare Services Group beats Worley on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Worley

Worley Limited provides professional project and asset services to energy, chemicals, and resources sectors worldwide. The company offers digital, consulting, engineering and design, construction management, construction and fabrication, supply chain management, project management, and operation and maintenance services, as well as maintenance, modification, and operation services. It serves new energy, power, upstream and midstream, refining and chemicals, and infrastructure markets, as well as mining, minerals, and metals markets. The company was formerly known as WorleyParsons Limited and changed its name to Worley Limited in October 2019. The company was founded in 1893 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

About Healthcare Services Group

Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary. The Housekeeping segment engages in the cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas of the customers' facilities, as well as laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing, and other assorted linen items utilized at the customers' facilities. The Dietary segment provides food purchasing, meal preparation, and professional dietitian services, which include the development of menus that meet the dietary needs of residents; and on-site management and clinical consulting services to facilities. It serves long-term and post-acute care facilities, hospitals, and the healthcare industry through referrals and solicitation of target facilities. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.