MAN vs. RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, BBSI, KFRC, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), 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.
ManpowerGroup vs.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 3 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 8 mentions for Robert Half. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.95 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ManpowerGroup received 64 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote while only 61.14% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $74.92, indicating a potential upside of 40.16%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus target price of $69.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.83%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than ManpowerGroup.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. ManpowerGroup pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.81%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.
Summary
Robert Half beats ManpowerGroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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