MAN vs. NSP, KFRC, RHI, CXT, CNXC, ENV, PAGS, CBZ, BCO, and EXPO
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), Concentrix (CNXC), Envestnet (ENV), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), CBIZ (CBZ), Brink's (BCO), and Exponent (EXPO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
ManpowerGroup received 238 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.74% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 3 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 10 mentions for Insperity. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.09 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
ManpowerGroup presently has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.43%. Insperity has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. Given Insperity's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than ManpowerGroup.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.64% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.27%. Insperity's return on equity of 153.34% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.
Insperity has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Insperity beats ManpowerGroup on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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