Critical Survey: Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) & Environmental Service Professional (OTCMKTS:EVSP)

Environmental Service Professional (OTCMKTS:EVSP) and Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Environmental Service Professional and Concentrix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Environmental Service Professional	N/A	N/A	N/A
Concentrix	3.25%	16.02%	5.49%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Environmental Service Professional and Concentrix”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Environmental Service Professional	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Concentrix	$9.62 billion	0.31	$251.22 million	$4.73	10.05

Concentrix has higher revenue and earnings than Environmental Service Professional.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Environmental Service Professional and Concentrix, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Environmental Service Professional	0	0	0	0	0.00
Concentrix	1	1	3	0	2.40

Concentrix has a consensus price target of $66.25, suggesting a potential upside of 39.36%. Given Concentrix’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Concentrix is more favorable than Environmental Service Professional.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Concentrix beats Environmental Service Professional on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Environmental Service Professional

Environmental Service Professionals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides environmental consulting services for addressing mold and moisture intrusion and the associated acute or chronic issues that impact the interior air quality of commercial and residential buildings. The company offers Certified Environmental Home Inspector (CEHI) program, a training, certification, inspection, and results reporting analysis program that provides moisture and toxin inspection, as well as energy use awareness to residential and commercial clients. It also provides cross-training on CEHI programs for insurance companies, underwriters, and loss control and risk management personnel. Environmental Service Professionals, Inc. was formerly known as Pacific Environmental Sampling, Inc. and changed its name to Environmental Service Professionals, Inc. in October 2006. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Palm Springs, California.

About Concentrix

Concentrix Corporation engages in the provision of technology-infused customer experience (CX) solutions worldwide. The company provides CX process optimization, technology innovation, front- and back-office automation, analytics, and business transformation services, across various channels of communication, such as voice, chat, email, social media, asynchronous messaging, and custom applications. It also offers customer lifecycle management; customer experience/user experience strategy and design; analytics and actionable insights; digital transformation services that design and engineer CX solutions to enable efficient customer self-service and build customer loyalty; customer engagement solutions and services that address the entirety of the customer lifecycle; AI technology that can intelligently act on customer intent to improve customer experience with non-human engagement; voice of the customer and analytics solutions to gather and analyze customer feedback to foster loyalty to, and growth with, clients; analytics and consulting solutions that synthesize data and provide professional insight to improve clients’ customer experience strategies; vertical business process outsourcing (BPO) services; and back office BPO services that support clients in non-customer facing areas. The company’s clients include technology and consumer electronics, retail, travel and e-commerce, communications and media, banking, financial services and insurance, healthcare, and others, as well as global IPOs, social brands, and banks. Concentrix Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in Newark, California.