RHI vs. TW, ASGN, NSP, MAN, KFY, KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, and TBI
Should you be buying Robert Half stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Half include Tradeweb Markets (TW), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Korn Ferry (KFY), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), and TrueBlue (TBI). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Tradeweb Markets. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tradeweb Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tradeweb Markets presently has a consensus target price of $111.36, suggesting a potential upside of 2.16%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $68.14, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Tradeweb Markets' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Tradeweb Markets.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 5 more articles in the media than Tradeweb Markets. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Robert Half and 3 mentions for Tradeweb Markets. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of 0.66 indicating that Tradeweb Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tradeweb Markets pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tradeweb Markets has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Robert Half has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Half received 97 more outperform votes than Tradeweb Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.67% of users gave Tradeweb Markets an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
99.5% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 28.44% compared to Tradeweb Markets' net margin of 5.74%. Tradeweb Markets' return on equity of 22.36% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
Summary
Robert Half beats Tradeweb Markets on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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