Barrett Business Services (BBSI) Competitors

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer BBSI or KFY?

In the previous week, Korn Ferry had 3 more articles in the media than Barrett Business Services. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Korn Ferry and 8 mentions for Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Korn Ferry's score of 0.52 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Korn Ferry	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BBSI or KFY?

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BBSI or KFY?

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BBSI or KFY?

Korn Ferry has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrett Business Services, 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
Barrett Business Services	$1.17B	0.91	$50.61M	$1.95	21.17
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.25	$169.15M	$4.65	14.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBSI or KFY?

Korn Ferry received 2 more outperform votes than Barrett Business Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barrett Business Services	Outperform Votes 345 68.18%	Underperform Votes 161 31.82%
Korn Ferry	Outperform Votes 347 55.25%	Underperform Votes 281 44.75%

Is BBSI or KFY a better dividend stock?

Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Barrett Business Services pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% 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. Barrett Business Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Korn Ferry has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Korn Ferry is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate BBSI or KFY?

Barrett Business Services currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Korn Ferry has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.86%. Given Korn Ferry's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Barrett Business Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barrett Business Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Korn Ferry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BBSI or KFY more profitable?

Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Barrett Business Services' net margin of 4.55%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 25.28% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barrett Business Services	4.55%	25.28%	7.04%
Korn Ferry	9.03%	14.27%	7.02%

Summary

Korn Ferry beats Barrett Business Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.