MAN vs. NSP, KFRC, RHI, ENV, CBZ, ZETA, CXT, DLO, KFY, and CXM
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Robert Half (RHI), Envestnet (ENV), CBIZ (CBZ), Zeta Global (ZETA), Crane NXT (CXT), DLocal (DLO), Korn Ferry (KFY), and Sprinklr (CXM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ManpowerGroup pays out 303.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Insperity pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned 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.
Insperity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ManpowerGroup. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup received 235 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.39% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.27%. Insperity's return on equity of 137.14% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.
ManpowerGroup presently has a consensus price target of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Insperity has a consensus price target of $109.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given ManpowerGroup's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Insperity.
In the previous week, Insperity had 1 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Insperity and 10 mentions for ManpowerGroup. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.48 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Insperity beats ManpowerGroup on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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