Critical Contrast: The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) versus Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA)

The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) and Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares The Hackett Group and Roma Green Finance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Hackett Group	11.05%	35.31%	18.95%
Roma Green Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for The Hackett Group and Roma Green Finance, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Hackett Group	0	1	3	0	2.75
Roma Green Finance	0	0	0	0	0.00

The Hackett Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. Given The Hackett Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Roma Green Finance.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Roma Green Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

The Hackett Group pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Roma Green Finance pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.0%. The Hackett Group pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares The Hackett Group and Roma Green Finance”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Hackett Group	$307.02 million	2.77	$34.15 million	$1.22	25.30
Roma Green Finance	$9.90 million	0.84	-$750,000.00	N/A	N/A

The Hackett Group has higher revenue and earnings than Roma Green Finance.

Summary

The Hackett Group beats Roma Green Finance on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Roma Green Finance

Roma Green Finance Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG); sustainability; and climate change related advisory services in Hong Kong and Singapore. It also offers sustainability program development, ESG reporting, corporate governance and risk management, climate change strategies and solutions, environmental audit, ESG rating support and shareholder communication, and education and training services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Roma Green Finance Limited operates as a subsidiary of Top Elect Group Limited.