Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KFRC or ASGN?

92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of ASGN shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of ASGN shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KFRC or ASGN?

ASGN has higher revenue and earnings than Kforce. Kforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASGN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kforce	$1.53B	0.70	$61.08M	$2.90	19.41
ASGN	$4.19B	0.93	$219.30M	$3.95	22.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KFRC or ASGN?

ASGN received 117 more outperform votes than Kforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.11% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kforce	Outperform Votes 416 62.18%	Underperform Votes 253 37.82%
ASGN	Outperform Votes 533 73.11%	Underperform Votes 196 26.89%

Do analysts rate KFRC or ASGN?

Kforce currently has a consensus target price of $66.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.42%. ASGN has a consensus target price of $101.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Kforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kforce is more favorable than ASGN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
ASGN	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is KFRC or ASGN more profitable?

ASGN has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Kforce's net margin of 3.86%. Kforce's return on equity of 33.50% beat ASGN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kforce	3.86%	33.50%	15.12%
ASGN	4.37%	13.65%	7.19%

Which has more volatility and risk, KFRC or ASGN?

Kforce has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASGN has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KFRC or ASGN?

In the previous week, ASGN had 2 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASGN and 2 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat ASGN's score of 0.65 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kforce	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASGN	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ASGN beats Kforce on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.