Greenpro Capital (NASDAQ:GRNQ – Get Free Report) and Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Risk and Volatility
Greenpro Capital has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huron Consulting Group has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Greenpro Capital and Huron Consulting Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Greenpro Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Huron Consulting Group | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.9% of Greenpro Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Greenpro Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Huron Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Greenpro Capital and Huron Consulting Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Greenpro Capital | $2.73 million | 3.08 | $1.07 million | ($0.86) | -1.29 |
| Huron Consulting Group | $1.40 billion | 1.58 | $62.48 million | $4.60 | 27.01 |
Huron Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greenpro Capital. Greenpro Capital 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.
Profitability
This table compares Greenpro Capital and Huron Consulting Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Greenpro Capital | -244.59% | -119.86% | -88.60% |
| Huron Consulting Group | 5.80% | 21.51% | 8.38% |
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats Greenpro Capital on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Greenpro Capital
Greenpro Capital Corp. provides financial consulting and corporate advisory services to small and medium-size businesses primarily in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. It operates in two segments, Service Business and Real Estate Business. The company offers business consulting and corporate advisory services, including cross-border listing advisory, tax planning, bookkeeping, advisory and transaction, record management, and accounting outsourcing services; and venture capital related education and support services. It is also involved in the acquisition and rental of real estate properties held for investment and sale; and provision of company formation advisory, company secretarial, and financial services. In addition, the company provides corporate advisory services, such as company review, bank loan advisory, and bank products analysis, as well as loan and credit, and insurance brokerage services; and wealth planning, administration, charity, tax and legal, trusteeship and risk management, investment planning and management, and business support services, as well as asset protection and management, consolidation, and performance monitoring services. The company was formerly known as Greenpro, Inc. and changed its name to Greenpro Capital Corp. in May 2015. Greenpro Capital Corp. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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.
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