KFRC vs. BBSI, KELYA, TBI, AMN, MAN, NSP, CCRN, TTEC, MAX, and ADEA
Should you be buying Kforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kforce include Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), TTEC (TTEC), MediaAlpha (MAX), and Adeia (ADEA).
Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Kforce's net margin of 3.78%. Kforce's return on equity of 36.39% beat Barrett Business Services' return on equity.
Kforce received 80 more outperform votes than Barrett Business Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.89% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.
Kforce has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kforce had 1 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kforce and 1 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Kforce's score of 0.67 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kforce has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Kforce pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrett Business Services pays out 16.5% 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.
Kforce presently has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Barrett Business Services has a consensus price target of $141.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Barrett Business Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Kforce.
Summary
Kforce beats Barrett Business Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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