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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

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 2.8%. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, BBSI or KFY?

Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBSI or KFY?

Barrett Business Services received 1 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 55.13% 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 344 55.13%	Underperform Votes 280 44.87%

Do analysts recommend BBSI or KFY?

Barrett Business Services currently has a consensus price target of $41.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.16%. Korn Ferry has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.75%. 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Korn Ferry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer BBSI or KFY?

In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 1 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 6 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Barrett Business Services' score of 0.78 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barrett Business Services	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Korn Ferry	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher 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	21.33
Korn Ferry	$2.74B	1.27	$169.15M	$4.65	14.56

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BBSI or KFY?

86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Korn Ferry beats Barrett Business Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.