BGSF (NYSE:BGSF – Get Free Report) and Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
BGSF has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for BGSF and Spire Global, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BGSF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Spire Global | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
Profitability
This table compares BGSF and Spire Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BGSF | -8.99% | -13.69% | -10.60% |
| Spire Global | -145.22% | -54.03% | -30.80% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares BGSF and Spire Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BGSF | $93.31 million | 0.64 | -$11.43 million | ($0.74) | -7.59 |
| Spire Global | $71.55 million | 7.58 | $51.31 million | ($2.67) | -5.19 |
Spire Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BGSF. BGSF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
37.2% of BGSF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of BGSF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Spire Global beats BGSF on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BGSF
BGSF, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides consulting, managed services, and professional workforce solutions in the United States. It operates in two segments, Property Management and Professional. The Property Management segment offers office and maintenance field talent to various apartment communities and commercial buildings. The Professional segment provides skilled IT professionals in SAP, Workday, Peoplesoft, Hyperion, Oracle, One Stream, cyber, project management, management services, and other IT workforce solutions. This segment also offers finance, accounting, legal, human resource, and related support personnel. It serves its products to fortune 500 companies, and medium and small companies, as well as consulting companies. The company was formerly known as BG Staffing, Inc. and changed its name to BGSF, Inc. in February 2021. BGSF, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Plano, Texas.
About Spire Global
Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.
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