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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
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$3.10B	$166.20	-0.38%	$285.97M	26.05x	0.28
LICN	LICHEN CHINA LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$27.83M	$1.05	5.00%	$14.58M	3.28x	0.07
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.16B	$11.57	-0.77%	$312.13M	7.82x	0.83
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.91B	$45.91	1.19%	$533.30M	11.68x	1.72
TDCX	TDCX INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.04B	$7.11	0.07%	$141.35M	11.65x	0.18
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$27.88B	$109.23	-2.10%	$4.17B	21.67x	1.30
CPRT	COPART INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$52.63B	$54.74	-0.94%	$1.82B	38.55x	0.12
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$2.32B	$15.99	-1.96%	$196.93M	69.52x	0.80
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$362.67M	$24.80	0.00%	$124.46M	11.81x	0.72
ARC	ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$120.47M	$2.79	1.45%	$31.57M	13.95x	0.99
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.88B	$9.98	5.05%	$66.57M	83.17x	1.74
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$364.80M	$4.56	-3.59%	$166.00M	6.61x	1.25
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$42.14M	$1.74	-1.69%	$11.05M	10.24x	1.77
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$610.69M	$44.76	-0.47%	$46.84M	20.07x	8.99
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$13.69B	$27.13	1.01%	$1.48B	0.28x	1.72
ARMK	ARAMARK	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$8.76B	$33.29	3.51%	$1.72B	13.87x	3.35
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$71.05B	$700.27	0.58%	$2.43B	47.57x	1.12
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$5.15B	$84.76	1.30%	$528.84M	22.13x	1.26
AZZ	AZZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.94B	$77.47	-0.77%	$316.59M	22.26x	1.80
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$75.62B	$167.78	-0.05%	$2.95B	31.96x	0.71
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$7.93B	$82.72	-0.11%	$278.04M	41.57x	0.25
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$14.05B	$76.48	4.87%	$1.28B	44.99x	1.28
RELX	RELX PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$81.77B	$43.46	0.18%	$3.31B	36.49x	3.32
PFMT	PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$245.48M	$3.19	1.92%	-$205.00k	-35.44x	0.28
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$278.94M	$11.80	4.33%	-$23.69M	-3.61x	2.50
CBZ	CBIZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$3.86B	$77.00	0.72%	$228.86M	30.68x	1.53
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Business Services	$43.79M	$1.87	-3.61%	-$2.13M	-26.71x	0.02
WHLM	WILHELMINA INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$23.67M	$4.59	5.52%	$906.00k	57.38x	0.67
TISI	TEAM INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$29.14M	$6.60	-4.35%	$21.91M	-0.38x	11.41
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$163.11M	$11.46	-1.38%	$37.16M	52.09x	2.05
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$1.19B	$12.57	2.11%	$298.20M	57.14x	1.30
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$144.17M	$1.60	-9.60%	-$78.46M	-0.70x	2.74
VSME	VS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$8.43M	$0.38	3.51%	-$6.21M	-1.16x	1.41
SP	SP PLUS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.06B	$53.46	4.07%	$110.50M	34.71x	3.39
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$248.26M	$4.78	-0.62%	$140.10M	-3.85x	14.96
VVI	VIAD CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$734.63M	$34.77	-1.36%	$131.50M	-217.31x	77.10
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$81.73M	$4.09	2.76%	$16.63M	102.25x	-4.86
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$2.59M	$0.14	-9.27%	-$12.87M	-0.02x	1.65
GPAK	GAMER PAKISTAN INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$5.24M	$0.21	2.50%	N/A	N/A	-4.64

Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

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

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

1. Unifirst (NYSE:UNF)

Unifirst (NYSE:UNF) is the top specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 53, which is 23 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 30. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Unifirst has seen its stock return 2.74% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -23 percentage points.

Unifirst has an average 1 year price target of $183.67, an upside of 10.51% from Unifirst's current stock price of $166.20.

Unifirst stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Unifirst, 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. Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN)

Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN) is the second best specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 21 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 30. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lichen China has seen its stock lose -58.5% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -84 percentage points.

3. Target Hospitality (NASDAQ:TH)

Target Hospitality (NASDAQ:TH) is the third best specialty business service stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 21 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 30. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Target Hospitality has seen its stock lose -17.06% over the past year, underperforming other specialty business service stocks by -43 percentage points.

Target Hospitality has an average 1 year price target of $12.00, an upside of 3.72% from Target Hospitality's current stock price of $11.57.

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.

What are the specialty business service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 17 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 7.17%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 100% 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 3.99%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 127.6% 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 3.02%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 35.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks up?

Specialty business service stocks were up 0.43% in the last day, and up 2.8% over the last week. Rb Global was the among the top gainers in the specialty business services industry, gaining 4.87% yesterday.

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

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. First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA)

First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA) is the most undervalued specialty business service stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. First Advantage has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

First Advantage's stock has gained 26.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 1 percentage points.

2. Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS)

Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) is the second most undervalued specialty business service stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Cass Information Systems has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cass Information Systems's stock has gained 17.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -8 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 40 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Payments's stock has gained 5.27% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -20 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 8.64% 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 34.51x.

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