NSP vs. RHI, KFY, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, KFRC, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying Insperity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insperity include Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), 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.
Insperity vs.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Insperity. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insperity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Robert Half pays out 86.9% 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 99.6% 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 21 consecutive years and Insperity has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $74.92, indicating a potential upside of 24.86%. Insperity has a consensus price target of $95.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Insperity.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 13 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Robert Half and 7 mentions for Insperity. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Robert Half's score of 0.33 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Insperity's net margin of 1.38%. Insperity's return on equity of 72.22% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Robert Half received 170 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.36% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.24% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Summary
Robert Half beats Insperity on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NSP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
