HSII vs. KFY, ASGN, NSP, MAN, BBSI, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, HSON, and TW
Should you be buying Heidrick & Struggles International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heidrick & Struggles International include Korn Ferry (KFY), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), Hudson Global (HSON), and Tradeweb Markets (TW). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Heidrick & Struggles International vs.
Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) and Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Heidrick & Struggles International's net margin of 3.53%. Korn Ferry's return on equity of 14.27% beat Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity.
Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Korn Ferry presently has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Heidrick & Struggles International has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.08%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.
Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heidrick & Struggles International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Heidrick & Struggles International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Korn Ferry pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Heidrick & Struggles International pays out 32.4% 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. Korn Ferry is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Korn Ferry received 145 more outperform votes than Heidrick & Struggles International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.93% of users gave Heidrick & Struggles International an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Heidrick & Struggles International had 1 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International and 1 mentions for Korn Ferry. Heidrick & Struggles International's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Korn Ferry's score of 0.00 indicating that Heidrick & Struggles International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Korn Ferry beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HSII) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
