Head-To-Head Contrast: Champion Industries (OTCMKTS:CHMP) versus Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS)

Champion Industries (OTCMKTS:CHMP) and Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Champion Industries and Research Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Champion Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Research Solutions	$49.06 million	2.42	$1.27 million	$0.03	120.67

Research Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Champion Industries.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Champion Industries and Research Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Champion Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00
Research Solutions	0	0	1	0	3.00

Research Solutions has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.12%. Given Research Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Research Solutions is more favorable than Champion Industries.

Profitability

This table compares Champion Industries and Research Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Champion Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A
Research Solutions	2.58%	10.32%	2.88%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Research Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.2% of Champion Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Research Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Research Solutions beats Champion Industries on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Champion Industries

Champion Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a commercial printer, business forms manufacturer, wide-format printing, office products and office furniture supplier, and mailing solutions provider primarily in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Louisiana. It operates through two segments, Printing and Office Products and Furniture. The company offers signage, banners, displays, window clings, wall coverings, and printing services. It also provides commercial interior design; and warehousing fulfillment of print and office supply goods. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Huntington, West Virginia.

About Research Solutions

Research Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides research cloud-based software-as-a-service software platform and related services to corporate, academic, government and individual researchers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It provides Discover platform that facilitates search discovery across virtually all scientific, technical, and medical (STM) articles available, including free basic search solutions and advanced search tools, which include the Resolute.ai and scite.ai products, a tools that allows for searching and identifying relevant research and find insights in other datasets adjacent to STM content, such as clinical trial, patent, life science and medtech regulatory information, competitor and technology landscape insights in addition to searching the customer’s internal datasets. The company also offers Article Galaxy, a solution that allows research organizations to load their entitlements, consisting of subscriptions, discount or token packages, and their existing library of articles. In addition, it provides Manage platform, a references solution that allows users to access the article inside the platform including setting up personal folders or team folders and allows researchers to markup and take notes on the articles in a supported browser on a desktop or tablet. Further, the company’s platform facilitates the sale of published STM content sold as individual articles. The company was formerly known as Derycz Scientific, Inc. and changed its name to Research Solutions, Inc. in March 2013. Research Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Henderson, Nevada.