NOV vs. RHI, ULS, DUOL, SOFI, SPSC, FCN, SPXC, WEX, KD, and COHR
Should you be buying NOV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NOV include Robert Half (RHI), UL Solutions (ULS), Duolingo (DUOL), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), FTI Consulting (FCN), SPX Technologies (SPXC), WEX (WEX), Kyndryl (KD), and Coherent (COHR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NOV (NYSE:NOV) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, NOV had 15 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NOV and 14 mentions for Robert Half. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat NOV's score of 0.18 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NOV has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 5.74%. Robert Half's return on equity of 22.36% beat NOV's return on equity.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Robert Half. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. NOV pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 63.5% 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.
NOV presently has a consensus target price of $24.07, suggesting a potential upside of 26.29%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $68.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NOV is more favorable than Robert Half.
NOV received 558 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Summary
NOV beats Robert Half on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NOV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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