Head-To-Head Review: BGSF (NYSE:BGSF) vs. Rightscorp (OTCMKTS:RIHT)

Rightscorp (OTCMKTS:RIHT) and BGSF (NYSE:BGSF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Rightscorp has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BGSF has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Rightscorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of BGSF shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of BGSF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Rightscorp and BGSF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rightscorp	N/A	N/A	N/A
BGSF	-11.98%	-18.91%	-12.30%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rightscorp and BGSF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rightscorp	$290,000.00	2.64	-$670,000.00	N/A	N/A
BGSF	$93.31 million	0.66	-$11.43 million	($1.00)	-5.75

Rightscorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BGSF.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Rightscorp and BGSF, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rightscorp	0	0	0	0	0.00
BGSF	1	1	0	0	1.50

About Rightscorp

Rightscorp, Inc. operates as a technology company that has a patent-pending proprietary method for collecting payments from illegal downloaders of copyrighted content through notifications sent to their Internet service providers (ISP’s). The company’s technology system monitors peer-to-peer file sharing networks and sends through email to ISP’s notifications of copyright infringement by the ISPs’ customers with date, time, copyright title, and other specific technology identifiers worldwide. It primarily serves copyright holders. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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.