MAN vs. NSP, KFRC, RHI, ENV, CBZ, ZETA, CXT, DLO, KFY, and CXM
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Robert Half (RHI), Envestnet (ENV), CBIZ (CBZ), Zeta Global (ZETA), Crane NXT (CXT), DLocal (DLO), Korn Ferry (KFY), and Sprinklr (CXM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Insperity has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insperity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.39% compared to Insperity's net margin of 0.27%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 137.14% beat Insperity's return on equity.
ManpowerGroup received 235 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Insperity pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ManpowerGroup pays out 303.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Insperity has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. ManpowerGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Insperity had 3 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Insperity and 9 mentions for ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Insperity's score of 0.48 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Insperity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Insperity currently has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.99%. Given Insperity's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Insperity.
Summary
Insperity beats ManpowerGroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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