NSP vs. RHI, ASGN, MAN, KFY, KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying Insperity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insperity include Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), 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 Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Robert Half received 168 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Insperity. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insperity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Insperity had 8 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Insperity and 9 mentions for Robert Half. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Robert Half's score of 0.42 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Robert Half pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity pays out 55.7% 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. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Insperity has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Half currently has a consensus target price of $68.14, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Insperity has a consensus target price of $109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.57%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 2.39%. Robert Half's return on equity of 137.14% beat Insperity's return on equity.
Summary
Insperity beats Robert Half on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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