Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC – Get Free Report) and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
48.2% of Quest Resource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Quest Resource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Quest Resource and Pitney Bowes, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quest Resource | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Pitney Bowes | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.71 |
Risk and Volatility
Quest Resource has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Quest Resource and Pitney Bowes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quest Resource | -7.07% | -14.75% | -3.78% |
| Pitney Bowes | 10.04% | -31.37% | 8.02% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Quest Resource and Pitney Bowes”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quest Resource | $250.22 million | 0.12 | -$15.38 million | ($0.82) | -1.68 |
| Pitney Bowes | $1.89 billion | 1.17 | $144.70 million | $1.22 | 13.21 |
Pitney Bowes has higher revenue and earnings than Quest Resource. Quest Resource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pitney Bowes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pitney Bowes beats Quest Resource on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quest Resource
Quest Resource Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides solutions for the reuse, recycling, and disposal of various waste streams and recyclables in the United States. The company provides disposal and recycling services for motor oil and automotive lubricants, oil filters, scrap tires, oily water, goods destruction, food waste, meat renderings, cooking oil and grease trap waste, plastics, cardboard, metal, glass, mixed paper, construction debris, as well as a large variety of regulated and non-regulated solid, liquid, and gas wastes. It offers antifreeze and windshield washer fluid, dumpster and compacting equipment, and other minor ancillary services. In addition, the company offers landfill diversion services. Its services focus on the waste streams and recyclables from big box, grocers, and other retailers; automotive maintenance, quick lube, dealerships, and collision repair; transportation, logistics, and internal fleet operators; manufacturing plants; multi-family and commercial properties; restaurant chains and food operations; and construction and demolition projects. The company markets its services to automotive, manufacturing, hospitality and retail, construction and demolition, and commercial and multi-family property management industries through direct sales force and strategic partnerships. The company was formerly known as Infinity Resources Holdings Corp. and changed its name to Quest Resource Holding Corporation in October 2013. Quest Resource Holding Corporation is headquartered in The Colony, Texas.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes Inc., a shipping and mailing company, provides technology, logistics, and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, retailers, and government clients in the United States and internationally. It operates through Global Ecommerce, Presort Services, and SendTech Solutions segments. The Global Ecommerce segment provides domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions, and digital delivery services. The Presort Services segment offers mail sortation services, which allow clients to qualify volumes of first-class mail, marketing mail, marketing mail flats, and bound printed matter for postal work sharing discounts. The SendTech Solutions segment provides physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions, and other applications for sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels, and flats as well as financing alternatives to finance equipment and product purchases. It markets its products, solutions, and services through direct and inside sales force, global and regional partner channels, direct mailings, and digital channels. The company was formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company. Pitney Bowes Inc. was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
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