RHI vs. NSP, MAN, NOV, ULS, FCN, SOFI, SPSC, VNT, COHR, and PSN
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), FTI Consulting (FCN), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Vontier (VNT), Coherent (COHR), and Parsons (PSN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Insperity had 19 more articles in the media than Robert Half. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Insperity and 17 mentions for Robert Half. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Insperity's score of 0.27 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $68.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.88%. Insperity has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Given Insperity's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half received 168 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Robert Half pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity pays out 55.7% 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.
Robert Half has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Insperity's net margin of 2.39%. Insperity's return on equity of 137.14% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
Summary
Insperity beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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