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Best Specialty Business Service Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top specialty business service stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best specialty business service stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the specialty business services industry.

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Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.07B	$10.64	1.00%	$349.16M	6.22x	0.84
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.91B	$156.16	-0.72%	$285.97M	24.48x	0.28
LICN	LICHEN CHINA LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$23.32M	$0.88	3.90%	$14.58M	2.75x	0.07
CPRT	COPART INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$51.94B	$54.02	-0.66%	$1.82B	38.04x	0.12
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$31.72B	$122.95	-0.39%	$3.70B	32.53x	1.17
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$2.14B	$14.77	-0.87%	$210.99M	56.81x	0.80
TDCX	TDCX INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.02B	$7.09	0.07%	$143.42M	11.45x	0.18
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.76B	$43.64	-1.45%	$533.30M	11.10x	1.72
ARMK	ARAMARK	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$8.18B	$31.16	-0.13%	$1.77B	12.93x	3.36
ARC	ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$113.33M	$2.65	0.00%	$31.89M	13.95x	1.00
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$2.26B	$12.01	-1.64%	$60.06M	171.57x	1.65
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$610.53M	$44.73	-1.32%	$46.80M	20.15x	9.79
CBZ	CBIZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$3.69B	$73.69	-1.42%	$222.70M	30.45x	1.58
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$42.86M	$1.77	2.31%	$11.05M	10.41x	1.77
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$14.25B	$28.25	2.02%	$1.48B	0.29x	1.72
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$7.45B	$77.98	-0.84%	$286.15M	39.58x	0.24
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$69.24B	$152.85	0.37%	$3.38B	26.31x	0.69
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$67.83B	$668.51	0.29%	$2.43B	45.42x	1.12
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$4.87B	$79.78	-1.05%	$471.69M	26.24x	1.34
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$368.80M	$25.14	-1.14%	$129.11M	12.45x	0.70
PFMT	PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$200.76M	$2.61	2.35%	$828.00k	-26.10x	0.23
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Business Services	$46.55M	$1.98	-1.49%	-$1.78M	-33.00x	0.03
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$13.40B	$73.21	-0.16%	$958.80M	69.72x	1.30
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$364.34M	$4.56	-0.87%	$169.00M	6.42x	1.30
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$239.46M	$10.13	-4.25%	-$23.69M	-3.10x	2.50
VVI	VIAD CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$723.00M	$34.36	-1.41%	$133.84M	114.53x	19.97
AZZ	AZZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.90B	$75.61	-0.93%	$300.36M	-43.45x	1.40
RELX	RELX PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$77.99B	$41.45	0.41%	$3.31B	34.80x	3.32
SP	SP PLUS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.02B	$51.52	-0.06%	$110.30M	32.61x	3.59
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$158.25M	$11.12	-2.20%	$37.46M	74.13x	2.16
WHLM	WILHELMINA INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$23.47M	$4.55	-6.46%	$906.00k	56.88x	0.67
TISI	TEAM INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$30.38M	$6.88	-1.15%	$21.91M	-0.40x	11.41
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$191.80M	$2.14	-6.14%	-$91.96M	-0.86x	3.22
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.02B	$10.82	-2.52%	$236.80M	-60.11x	1.28
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$239.97M	$4.59	-0.86%	$156.20M	-4.03x	11.63
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$490.60k	$0.17	10.90%	-$32.94M	0.96x	-1.86
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$74.73M	$3.74	-0.27%	$16.63M	93.50x	-4.86
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$8.80M	$0.40	4.99%	N/A	N/A	-16.59
GPAK	GAMER PAKISTAN INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$6.39M	$0.25	-10.71%	N/A	N/A	-4.64

Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty business service stocks to buy right now in Apr 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best specialty business service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Target Hospitality (NASDAQ:TH)

Target Hospitality (NASDAQ:TH) is the top specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 52, which is 21 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Target Hospitality has seen its stock lose -18.34% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -37 percentage points.

Target Hospitality has an average 1 year price target of $12.00, an upside of 12.78% from Target Hospitality's current stock price of $10.64.

Target Hospitality stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Target Hospitality, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Unifirst (NYSE:UNF)

Unifirst (NYSE:UNF) is the second best specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 20 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Unifirst has seen its stock lose -6.76% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -25 percentage points.

Unifirst has an average 1 year price target of $177.75, an upside of 13.83% from Unifirst's current stock price of $156.16.

Unifirst stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Unifirst, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 25% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN)

Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN) is the third best specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 20 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lichen China has seen its stock lose -56.65% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -75 percentage points.

What are the specialty business service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 16 specialty business service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty business service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Arc Document Solutions (NYSE:ARC)

Arc Document Solutions (NYSE:ARC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.55%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.04%. Arc Document Solutions's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Arc Document Solutions's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Arc Document Solutions's dividend payout ratio of 105.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has an annual dividend yield of 4.38%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.04%. Thomson Reuters's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Thomson Reuters's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Thomson Reuters's dividend payout ratio of 115.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Civeo (NYSE:CVEO)

Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) has an annual dividend yield of 2.98%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.04%. Civeo's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Civeo's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Civeo's dividend payout ratio of 37.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks down?

Specialty business service stocks were down -0.3% in the last day, and down -1.64% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty business service stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued specialty business service stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued specialty business service stocks right now are:

1. Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS)

Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) is the most undervalued specialty business service stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Cass Information Systems has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cass Information Systems's stock has gained 6.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -12 percentage points.

2. First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA)

First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA) is the second most undervalued specialty business service stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. First Advantage has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

First Advantage's stock has gained 13.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -5 percentage points.

3. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) is the third most undervalued specialty business service stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Global Payments has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Payments's stock has gained 12.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -6 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

38.1% of specialty business service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty business service stocks to rise by 11.1% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty business services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty business services industry is 34.68x.

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