ASGN vs. RHI, NSP, MAN, KFY, KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying ASGN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASGN include Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Korn Ferry (KFY), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $68.14, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. ASGN has a consensus price target of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.94%. Given ASGN's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Robert Half is more favorable than ASGN.
ASGN received 28 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.76%. ASGN's return on equity of 22.36% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 5 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Robert Half and 3 mentions for ASGN. ASGN's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Robert Half's score of -0.40 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of ASGN shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of ASGN shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than ASGN. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASGN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASGN has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Robert Half and ASGN tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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