TriNet Group (TNET) Competitors

TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) and ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is TNET or ICLR more profitable?

ICON Public has a net margin of 9.56% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 3.46%. TriNet Group's return on equity of 200.82% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriNet Group	3.46%	200.82%	5.71%
ICON Public	9.56%	11.81%	6.65%

Does the media refer more to TNET or ICLR?

In the previous week, ICON Public had 18 more articles in the media than TriNet Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for ICON Public and 17 mentions for TriNet Group. TriNet Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ICON Public's score of 0.01 indicating that TriNet Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriNet Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICON Public	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, TNET or ICLR?

TriNet Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICON Public has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TNET or ICLR?

ICON Public received 267 more outperform votes than TriNet Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.54% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 65.65% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriNet Group	Outperform Votes 358 66.54%	Underperform Votes 180 33.46%
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 625 65.65%	Underperform Votes 327 34.35%

Do analysts rate TNET or ICLR?

TriNet Group currently has a consensus target price of $105.67, indicating a potential upside of 34.18%. ICON Public has a consensus target price of $272.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.67%. Given ICON Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than TriNet Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriNet Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TNET or ICLR?

96.8% of TriNet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TNET or ICLR?

ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than TriNet Group. ICON Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriNet Group, 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
TriNet Group	$5.05B	0.77	$173M	$3.42	23.03
ICON Public	$8.28B	1.78	$612.34M	$9.53	19.11

Summary

ICON Public beats TriNet Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.