TBI vs. KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, HSON, TW, RHI, ASGN, NSP, and MAN
Should you be buying TrueBlue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrueBlue include Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Hudson Global (HSON), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), and ManpowerGroup (MAN). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Kforce received 81 more outperform votes than TrueBlue when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.05% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.
TrueBlue has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kforce has a net margin of 3.78% compared to TrueBlue's net margin of -0.63%. Kforce's return on equity of 36.39% beat TrueBlue's return on equity.
Kforce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TrueBlue currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Given TrueBlue's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Kforce.
In the previous week, Kforce had 1 more articles in the media than TrueBlue. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kforce and 4 mentions for TrueBlue. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat TrueBlue's score of 0.33 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kforce beats TrueBlue on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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