Comparing Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) and Fiverr International (NYSE:FVRR)

Fiverr International (NYSE:FVRR) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Fiverr International and Huron Consulting Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fiverr International	1	11	0	0	1.92
Huron Consulting Group	0	1	4	1	3.00

Fiverr International currently has a consensus target price of $12.56, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Huron Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $184.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Fiverr International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fiverr International is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.

Profitability

This table compares Fiverr International and Huron Consulting Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fiverr International	7.18%	16.14%	8.37%
Huron Consulting Group	6.38%	32.33%	9.29%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.0% of Fiverr International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Fiverr International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fiverr International and Huron Consulting Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fiverr International	$430.91 million	0.76	$20.98 million	$0.81	11.20
Huron Consulting Group	$1.70 billion	1.44	$105.04 million	$6.68	23.07

Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fiverr International. Fiverr International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Fiverr International has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Huron Consulting Group beats Fiverr International on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fiverr International

Fiverr International Ltd. operates an online marketplace worldwide. Its platform enables sellers to sell their services and buyers to buy them. The company's platform includes various categories in ten verticals, including graphic and design, digital marketing, writing and translation, video and animation, music and audio, programming and tech, business, data, lifestyle, and photography. It also offers value-added products, including subscription-based content marketing, back-office, learning and development offerings, creative talent, and freelancer management platforms. In addition, the company provides a suite of professional solutions that enable businesses to engage with freelancers; Fiverr Pro, a marketplace; Fiverr Certified, a storefront to access certified experts for partner vendors; Fiverr Enterprise, a gateway to source and manage on-demand and long-term freelancers. Further, it offers various value-added products, including Promoted Gigs which allows sellers to advertise their services on the platform; and Seller Plus, a subscription program that equips sellers with advanced tools. The company's buyers include businesses of various sizes, as well as sellers comprise a group of freelancers and agencies. Fiverr International Ltd. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children’s and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.