Insperity (NSP) Competitors

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RHI or NSP?

92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer RHI or NSP?

Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.25%. Insperity has a consensus target price of $95.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Insperity's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robert Half	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Insperity	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHI or NSP?

Robert Half received 169 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.29% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robert Half	Outperform Votes 502 61.37%	Underperform Votes 316 38.63%
Insperity	Outperform Votes 333 65.29%	Underperform Votes 177 34.71%

Is RHI or NSP more profitable?

Robert Half has a net margin of 4.84% compared to Insperity's net margin of 1.83%. Insperity's return on equity of 93.58% beat Robert Half's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robert Half	4.84%	18.78%	9.63%
Insperity	1.83%	93.58%	5.66%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RHI or NSP?

Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Insperity. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Robert Half	$6.39B	1.15	$411.15M	$2.74	26.03
Insperity	$6.49B	0.42	$171.38M	$3.15	23.02

Which has more risk & volatility, RHI or NSP?

Robert Half has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RHI or NSP a better dividend stock?

Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Robert Half pays out 77.4% 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 76.2% 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 increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Insperity has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Insperity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor RHI or NSP?

In the previous week, Robert Half had 13 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Robert Half and 2 mentions for Insperity. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Insperity's score of -0.98 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Robert Half	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Insperity	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

Robert Half beats Insperity on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.