Financial Comparison: Able View Global (NASDAQ:ABLV) vs. Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG)

Able View Global (NASDAQ:ABLV) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Able View Global and Healthcare Services Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Able View Global	1	0	0	0	1.00
Healthcare Services Group	0	3	3	0	2.50

Healthcare Services Group has a consensus price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.07%. Given Healthcare Services Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than Able View Global.

Profitability

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.5% of Able View Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Able View Global and Healthcare Services Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Able View Global	$114.32 million	0.40	-$7.42 million	N/A	N/A
Healthcare Services Group	$1.81 billion	0.71	$39.47 million	$0.54	33.61

Healthcare Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Able View Global.

Volatility & Risk

Able View Global has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Healthcare Services Group beats Able View Global on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Able View Global

Able View Global Inc. operates as brand management partners of beauty and personal care brands in China. Its brand management services encompass various segments of the brand management value chain, including strategy, branding, digital and social marketing, omni-channel sales, customer services, overseas logistics, and warehouse and fulfilment. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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.