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Robert Half (RHI) Competitors

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$72.61 +1.29 (+1.81%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

RHI vs. KFY, ASGN, MAN, NSP, KFRC, BBSI, 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), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Korn Ferry presently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.90%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.97%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Korn Ferry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Robert Half
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Korn Ferry pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Robert Half had 5 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Robert Half and 8 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Robert Half's score of 0.38 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Robert Half
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Robert Half received 161 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korn FerryOutperform Votes
341
55.00%
Underperform Votes
279
45.00%
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
502
61.37%
Underperform Votes
316
38.63%

98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term 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$2.77B1.42$169.15M$3.5021.62
Robert Half$6.39B1.17$411.15M$2.7426.50

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 6.68% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.84%. Robert Half's return on equity of 18.78% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korn Ferry6.68% 13.73% 6.71%
Robert Half 4.84%18.78%9.63%

Summary

Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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RHI vs. The Competition

MetricRobert HalfHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.50B$1.20B$6.94B$19.87B
Dividend Yield2.89%2.99%2.92%3.53%
P/E Ratio26.5029.1246.3242.94
Price / Sales1.170.68205.2318.99
Price / Cash15.248.5224.4017.86
Price / Book4.843.795.095.52
Net Income$411.15M$69.89M$121.42M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-3.66%-2.21%0.18%0.45%
1 Month Performance10.75%-3.84%8.47%1.05%
1 Year Performance-11.05%-26.78%30.83%24.67%

Robert Half Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RHI
Robert Half
4.1207 of 5 stars
$72.61
+1.8%
$69.00
-5.0%
-11.9%$7.50B$6.39B26.5015,000
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.4552 of 5 stars
$75.68
+0.1%
$75.00
-0.9%
+46.8%$3.94B$2.77B21.629,076
ASGN
ASGN
2.5954 of 5 stars
$85.08
+0.8%
$97.44
+14.5%
-6.3%$3.76B$4.45B21.353,700
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9475 of 5 stars
$60.39
flat
$76.60
+26.8%
-20.9%$2.83B$18.08B76.4427,900
NSP
Insperity
4.5457 of 5 stars
$73.17
+0.9%
$95.67
+30.7%
-35.2%$2.74B$6.49B23.234,400
KFRC
Kforce
3.2888 of 5 stars
$57.98
+0.2%
$66.67
+15.0%
-12.6%$1.10B$1.53B19.951,800Positive News
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.6696 of 5 stars
$42.35
+1.8%
$41.67
-1.6%
+53.1%$1.08B$1.12B22.41130,513Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.5578 of 5 stars
$44.99
+0.4%
$42.00
-6.6%
+62.0%$918.25M$1.04B24.322,212
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9591 of 5 stars
$13.96
-0.9%
$25.00
+79.1%
-33.4%$504.24M$4.37B12.143,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5249 of 5 stars
$6.86
+1.6%
$11.50
+67.6%
-50.7%$199.52M$1.67B-1.795,000Positive News
HSON
Hudson Global
1.1402 of 5 stars
$14.44
+0.3%
N/A-7.4%$39.42M$161.34M-12.521,050Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:RHI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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