MAN vs. NSP, KFRC, RHI, CXT, KFY, CXM, ENV, QFIN, INST, and CRDO
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Robert Half (RHI), Crane NXT (CXT), Korn Ferry (KFY), Sprinklr (CXM), Envestnet (ENV), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Instructure (INST), and Credo Technology Group (CRDO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Insperity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ManpowerGroup received 235 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.
Insperity currently has a consensus target price of $109.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.14%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus target price of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.63%. Given ManpowerGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than ManpowerGroup.
In the previous week, Insperity had 15 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Insperity and 5 mentions for ManpowerGroup. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.51 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Insperity has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.39% compared to Insperity's net margin of 0.27%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 137.14% beat Insperity's return on equity.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Insperity pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ManpowerGroup pays out 303.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. ManpowerGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Insperity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Insperity beats ManpowerGroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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