RHI vs. NSP, MAN, NOV, ULS, SOFI, DUOL, SPSC, FCN, SPXC, and WEX
Should you be buying Robert Half stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Half include Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), NOV (NOV), UL Solutions (ULS), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Duolingo (DUOL), SPS Commerce (SPSC), FTI Consulting (FCN), SPX Technologies (SPXC), and WEX (WEX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Insperity 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half received 167 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 2.39%. Robert Half's return on equity of 137.14% beat Insperity's return on equity.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 2 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Robert Half and 11 mentions for Insperity. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Insperity's score of 0.69 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Insperity pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Insperity has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Robert Half has increased 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.
Insperity currently has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $68.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.
Insperity has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Insperity beats Robert Half on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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