KFY vs. RHI, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, KFRC, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying Korn Ferry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korn Ferry include Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Korn Ferry vs.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Robert Half received 162 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.14% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.
Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $74.92, suggesting a potential upside of 38.85%. Korn Ferry has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Given Robert Half's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Korn Ferry.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.34%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.
In the previous week, Korn Ferry had 3 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Korn Ferry and 9 mentions for Robert Half. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Robert Half's score of 0.78 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Robert Half pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
