Financial Comparison: Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) & Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) and Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exponent	18.69%	28.49%	16.58%
Roma Green Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.3% of Exponent shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Exponent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Exponent and Roma Green Finance, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exponent	0	1	1	0	2.50
Roma Green Finance	0	0	0	0	N/A

Exponent presently has a consensus target price of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.74%. Given Exponent’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exponent is more favorable than Roma Green Finance.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Exponent and Roma Green Finance’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exponent	$536.77 million	7.51	$100.34 million	$1.95	40.86
Roma Green Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Exponent has higher revenue and earnings than Roma Green Finance.

Summary

Exponent beats Roma Green Finance on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Exponent

Exponent, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering. The Environmental and Health segment offers services in the areas of chemical regulation and food safety, ecological and biological sciences, environmental and earth sciences, and health sciences. The company offers approximately 90 technical disciplines to solve pressing and complicated challenges facing stakeholders. It serves clients in chemical, construction, consumer products, energy, food, beverage and nutrition, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, technology, industrial equipment, transportation, and other sectors of the economy. The company was formerly known as The Failure Group, Inc. and changed its name to Exponent, Inc. in 1998. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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.