Quest Resource Holding Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation
| QRHC Stock | USD 7.18 0.13 1.78% |
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Quest Resource Holding is 'Strong Sell'. Macroaxis provides Quest Resource buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding QRHC positions.
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Strong Sell
Market Performance | Very Weak | Details | |
Volatility | Somewhat reliable | Details | |
Hype Condition | Low key | Details | |
Current Valuation | Undervalued | Details | |
Odds Of Distress | Below Average | Details | |
Economic Sensitivity | Almost mirrors the market | Details | |
Investor Sentiment | Impartial | Details | |
Analyst Consensus | Strong Buy | Details | |
Financial Strenth (F Score) | Poor | Details | |
Financial Leverage | Not Rated | Details | |
Reporting Quality (M-Score) | Possible Manipulator | Details |
Quest Resource Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions
| Quest Resource generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days | |
| The company reported the previous year's revenue of 288.38 M. Net Loss for the year was (7.29 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 48.86 M. | |
| Quest Resource Holding currently holds about 7.09 M in cash with (1.36 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.36. | |
| Quest Resource has a poor financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures | |
| Roughly 28.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders | |
| Latest headline from cnet.com: Weve Tracked Down Some Great Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S Accessory Deals This Cyber Monday |
Quest Resource Returns Distribution Density
The distribution of Quest Resource's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Quest Resource's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Quest Resource daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Quest Resource Holding price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Quest Resource returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Quest Resource.
| Mean Return | -0.27 | Value At Risk | -4.18 | Potential Upside | 2.99 | Standard Deviation | 2.51 |
Return Density |
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Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Quest Resource historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.
Quest Stock Institutional Investors
| Shares | Kennedy Capital Management Inc | 2024-09-30 | 182.9 K | State Street Corp | 2024-09-30 | 175.3 K | Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Llc | 2024-09-30 | 155.8 K | North Star Investment Management Corp | 2024-09-30 | 152.9 K | Northern Trust Corp | 2024-09-30 | 127.4 K | Perritt Capital Management Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 127.3 K | Victory Capital Management Inc. | 2024-09-30 | 115 K | Prescott Group Capital Management Llc | 2024-09-30 | 60 K | Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 2024-09-30 | 58.6 K | Wynnefield Capital Inc | 2024-09-30 | 2.7 M | Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-09-30 | 926 K |
Quest Resource Cash Flow Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Change In Cash | 1.3M | 4.1M | 911.6K | 1.1M | (9.2M) | (8.8M) | |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.0M | 2.6M | 1.9M | (4.0M) | (3.3M) | (3.1M) | |
| Capital Expenditures | 301.3K | 506.1K | 636.2K | 1.7M | 1.9M | 2.0M | |
| Net Income | (55.2K) | 1.0M | 1.7M | (6.0M) | (7.3M) | (6.9M) | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 3.4M | 7.5M | 8.4M | 9.6M | 324.0K | 307.8K | |
| Depreciation | 1.4M | 1.3M | 2.8M | 10.0M | 9.9M | 10.4M | |
| Other Non Cash Items | 93.9K | 201.4K | 873.1K | 3.0M | 2.9M | 1.5M | |
| Change To Inventory | 798.8K | 2.9M | (1.3M) | (7.2M) | (6.5M) | (6.2M) | |
| Investments | (301.3K) | (506.1K) | (16.9M) | (4.3M) | (1.2M) | (1.3M) | |
| Net Borrowings | (756.4K) | (1.6M) | 14.6M | 6.9M | 7.9M | 8.3M | |
| Change To Netincome | 1.1M | 1.8M | 1.6M | 3.0M | 2.7M | 3.6M | |
| Change Receivables | 2.8M | (2.3M) | (11.7M) | (4.2M) | (3.8M) | (3.6M) |
Quest Resource Greeks
Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Quest Resource or Commercial Services & Supplies sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Quest Resource's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Quest stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α | Alpha over Dow Jones | -0.41 | |
β | Beta against Dow Jones | 1.14 | |
σ | Overall volatility | 2.47 | |
Ir | Information ratio | -0.16 |
Quest Resource Volatility Alert
Quest Resource Holding exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -2.04 and kurtosis of 8.16. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Quest Resource's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Quest Resource's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.Quest Resource Fundamentals Vs Peers
Comparing Quest Resource's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Quest Resource's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Quest Resource and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Quest Resource or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Quest Resource's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Quest Resource by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
| Better Than Average | Worse Than Average | Compare Quest Resource to competition |
| Fundamentals | Quest Resource | Peer Average |
| Return On Equity | -0.12 | -0.31 |
| Return On Asset | 0.0146 | -0.14 |
| Profit Margin | (0.03) % | (1.27) % |
| Operating Margin | (0.01) % | (5.51) % |
| Current Valuation | 221.14 M | 16.62 B |
| Shares Outstanding | 20.59 M | 571.82 M |
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 27.85 % | 10.09 % |
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 44.22 % | 39.21 % |
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 289.15 K | 4.71 M |
| Price To Earning | 139.00 X | 28.72 X |
| Price To Book | 2.35 X | 9.51 X |
| Price To Sales | 0.51 X | 11.42 X |
| Revenue | 288.38 M | 9.43 B |
| Gross Profit | 48.86 M | 27.38 B |
| EBITDA | 13.11 M | 3.9 B |
| Net Income | (7.29 M) | 570.98 M |
| Cash And Equivalents | 7.09 M | 2.7 B |
| Cash Per Share | 0.36 X | 5.01 X |
| Total Debt | 67.57 M | 5.32 B |
| Debt To Equity | 1.02 % | 48.70 % |
| Current Ratio | 1.50 X | 2.16 X |
| Book Value Per Share | 3.07 X | 1.93 K |
| Cash Flow From Operations | (1.36 M) | 971.22 M |
| Short Ratio | 6.10 X | 4.00 X |
| Earnings Per Share | (0.38) X | 3.12 X |
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 1.23 X | 4.89 X |
| Target Price | 11.17 | |
| Number Of Employees | 195 | 18.84 K |
| Beta | 0.66 | -0.15 |
| Market Capitalization | 147.82 M | 19.03 B |
| Total Asset | 177.12 M | 29.47 B |
| Retained Earnings | (110.05 M) | 9.33 B |
| Working Capital | 15.69 M | 1.48 B |
Note: Acquisition by Brett Johnston of 1500 shares of Quest Resource at 8.0306 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]
Quest Resource Market Momentum
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Is Environmental & Facilities Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Quest Resource. If investors know Quest will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Quest Resource listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.667 | Earnings Share (0.38) | Revenue Per Share 14.016 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.033 | Return On Assets 0.0146 |
The market value of Quest Resource Holding is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Quest that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Quest Resource's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Quest Resource's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Quest Resource's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Quest Resource's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Quest Resource's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Quest Resource is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Quest Resource's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.