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Robert Half (RHI) Competitors

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$48.03 -0.31 (-0.64%)
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RHI vs. KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, KFRC, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON

Should you be buying Robert Half stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Half include Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), 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.

Robert Half vs.

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

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.34%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korn Ferry9.03% 14.27% 7.02%
Robert Half 4.34%17.20%8.63%

Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Robert Half received 163 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.08% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.13% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korn FerryOutperform Votes
344
55.13%
Underperform Votes
280
44.87%
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
507
61.08%
Underperform Votes
323
38.92%

Korn Ferry currently has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.46%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $64.92, indicating a potential upside of 34.29%. Given Robert Half's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Korn Ferry.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Korn Ferry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Robert Half
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Korn Ferry$2.74B1.17$169.15M$4.6513.40
Robert Half$5.80B0.85$251.60M$2.4419.81

In the previous week, Robert Half had 7 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Robert Half and 10 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Robert Half's score of 0.36 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Korn Ferry
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robert Half
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RHI vs. The Competition

MetricRobert HalfHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.94B$895.05M$7.00B$18.54B
Dividend Yield4.87%3.64%2.70%4.23%
P/E Ratio19.8130.5829.6131.25
Price / Sales0.850.52152.0025.66
Price / Cash18.188.8331.6117.53
Price / Book3.594.174.554.30
Net Income$251.60M$40.82M$195.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.19%-1.91%-0.57%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-8.90%-14.42%-6.67%-6.61%
1 Year Performance-31.64%-36.54%3.97%2.00%

Robert Half Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RHI
Robert Half
4.772 of 5 stars
$48.03
-0.6%
$64.92
+35.2%
-31.5%$4.91B$5.80B19.68180,500Analyst Forecast
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.411 of 5 stars
$60.63
-2.7%
$77.00
+27.0%
+2.5%$3.13B$2.74B12.9810,800Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
NSP
Insperity
4.2325 of 5 stars
$81.07
-4.2%
$95.67
+18.0%
-20.8%$3.02B$6.58B33.654,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
3.3654 of 5 stars
$58.67
-4.2%
$101.75
+73.4%
-37.8%$2.56B$4.10B15.273,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.8782 of 5 stars
$49.34
-5.5%
$69.33
+40.5%
-28.6%$2.31B$17.85B16.5130,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.2051 of 5 stars
$39.32
-0.4%
$41.67
+6.0%
+34.2%$1.02B$1.14B20.80127,100Gap Down
KFRC
Kforce
3.8756 of 5 stars
$44.95
-3.9%
$66.67
+48.3%
-30.7%$862.82M$1.41B16.8512,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
4.2913 of 5 stars
$39.36
-3.7%
$47.00
+19.4%
+29.2%$804.22M$1.12B21.302,140Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.5178 of 5 stars
$11.81
-3.6%
$25.00
+111.8%
-51.7%$412.24M$4.33B-196.907,500News Coverage
Gap Down
TBI
TrueBlue
4.2116 of 5 stars
$4.93
-1.8%
$11.50
+133.3%
-59.6%$147.03M$1.57B-1.196,500Gap Down
HSON
Hudson Global
3.206 of 5 stars
$9.34
-6.8%
N/A-44.0%$25.68M$140.06M-8.121,300Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
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This page (NYSE:RHI) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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