PFSweb (NASDAQ:PFSW – Get Free Report) and Quhuo (NASDAQ:QH – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Profitability
This table compares PFSweb and Quhuo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PFSweb | -2.12% | -2.61% | -1.41% |
| Quhuo | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares PFSweb and Quhuo’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PFSweb | $295.12 million | 0.37 | -$16.56 million | ($0.28) | -17.07 |
| Quhuo | $553.90 million | 0.02 | -$1.90 million | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
76.6% of PFSweb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Quhuo shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of PFSweb shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.1% of Quhuo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
PFSweb has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quhuo has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for PFSweb and Quhuo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PFSweb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Quhuo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Summary
Quhuo beats PFSweb on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PFSweb
PFSweb, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides omni-channel commerce solutions in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, and India. The company offers order to cash service, which provides distributed order orchestration and payment processing; order fulfillment services; contact center services that are focused on providing essential services, such as order entry, returns authorization, product inquiry, and order tracking, as well as iCommerce Agent, an application where agents provides customer service functions, such as placing orders, checking order status, facilitating returns, initiating upsell and cross sell, managing escalations, and gathering voice of the customer information. It serves clients in various industries, such as health, skincare, fragrance and beauty products, cosmetics, fashion apparel and accessories, footwear, luxury goods, consumer packaged goods, coins and collectibles, jewelry, housewares, computer and office products, and other industries. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
About Quhuo
Quhuo Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates a workforce operational solution platform in the People's Republic of China. It provides tech-enabled and end-to-end operational solutions to on-demand consumer service businesses in industries, including food and grocery delivery, bike-sharing, ride-hailing, and housekeeping. The company also offers ride hailing solutions for ride-hailing companies; housekeeping solutions and other services for short-term rental properties and hotel cleaning services; and shared-bike maintenance solutions to address the demand for maintenance and distribution services from bike-sharing companies, as well as freight services. In addition, it engages in the development of computer software and applications; and investment holding activities. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
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