DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC – Get Free Report) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
DLH has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for DLH and Booz Allen Hamilton, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| DLH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2.13 |
Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $89.29, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than DLH.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares DLH and Booz Allen Hamilton”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| DLH | $344.50 million | 0.15 | $1.36 million | ($1.48) | -2.45 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | $11.22 billion | 0.91 | $851.00 million | $6.44 | 13.17 |
Booz Allen Hamilton has higher revenue and earnings than DLH. DLH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
67.2% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of DLH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Booz Allen Hamilton 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 DLH and Booz Allen Hamilton’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| DLH | -8.51% | -10.42% | -4.04% |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | 7.14% | 75.00% | 11.41% |
Summary
Booz Allen Hamilton beats DLH on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About DLH
DLH Holdings Corp. provides technology-enabled business process outsourcing, program management solutions, and public health research and analytics services in the United States. It offers digital transformation and cyber security solutions, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud enablement, cybersecurity ecosystem, big data analytics, and modeling and simulation to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Health Agency, Tele-medicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, and US Navy Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC). The company also provides science research and development services and solutions, such as data analytics, testing and evaluation, clinical trials research services, and epidemiology studies to support multiple operating divisions, including NIH and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Military Health System. In addition, it offers system engineering and integration solutions in the areas of pharmaceutical delivery logistics, fire protection engineering, biomedical equipment, and technology engineering on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs, NIWC, Health and Human Services, and other federal customers. The company also provides business process management services under the trademarks, e-PRAT and SPOT-m, as well as the registered trademark, Infinibyte for cloud-based solutions. The company was formerly known as TeamStaff, Inc. and changed its name to DLH Holdings Corp. in June 2012. DLH Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing. The company offers artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer network related operations. In addition, it provides data science, engineering, visualization, and analysis related capabilities. Further, the company engages in user experience, user interface, graphic and web design, design thinking, sketching, and digital product design capabilities. Additionally, it architects and engineers help accelerate, scale, secure, and transform mission and business outcomes using the technologies and partner offering; offers software engineering in agile practices, DevSecOps, automation and Cloud, and Low/No Code Platform engineering; systems and digital engineering; and tech strategy and product management. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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