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Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII) Competitors

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HSII vs. KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, HSON, and TW

Should you be buying Heidrick & Struggles International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heidrick & Struggles International include Korn/Ferry International (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), Hudson Global (HSON), and Tradeweb Markets (TW). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

Heidrick & Struggles International vs. Its Competitors

Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) and Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Heidrick & Struggles International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Korn/Ferry International pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Heidrick & Struggles International pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Korn/Ferry International pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korn/Ferry International has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Korn/Ferry International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Heidrick & Struggles International presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.83%. Korn/Ferry International has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Korn/Ferry International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Korn/Ferry International is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Heidrick & Struggles International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Korn/Ferry International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Korn/Ferry International had 5 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Korn/Ferry International and 4 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn/Ferry International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Heidrick & Struggles International's score of 0.89 indicating that Korn/Ferry International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Heidrick & Struggles International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Korn/Ferry International
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Korn/Ferry International has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Heidrick & Struggles International's net margin of 0.71%. Korn/Ferry International's return on equity of 14.49% beat Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heidrick & Struggles International0.71% 14.23% 6.05%
Korn/Ferry International 8.91%14.49%7.21%

Korn/Ferry International has higher revenue and earnings than Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn/Ferry International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heidrick & Struggles International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Heidrick & Struggles International$1.12B0.86$8.73M$0.35132.29
Korn/Ferry International$2.76B1.38$246.06M$4.6215.94

90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn/Ferry International 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.

Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn/Ferry International has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Korn/Ferry International beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HSII vs. The Competition

MetricHeidrick & Struggles InternationalStaffing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$954.71M$1.61B$18.98B$9.51B
Dividend Yield1.28%3.10%2.72%3.99%
P/E Ratio132.2932.0329.5420.03
Price / Sales0.864.4748.51103.88
Price / Cash11.268.9927.5159.01
Price / Book2.093.916.255.90
Net Income$8.73M$43.21M$197.18M$258.66M
7 Day Performance0.33%0.79%1.57%2.22%
1 Month Performance6.19%8.63%6.52%12.76%
1 Year Performance30.79%-18.73%30.80%19.36%

Heidrick & Struggles International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.2402 of 5 stars
$46.30
+0.2%
$49.00
+5.8%
+31.9%$954.71M$1.12B132.292,201News Coverage
KFY
Korn/Ferry International
3.9116 of 5 stars
$74.02
+0.6%
$81.00
+9.4%
+4.1%$3.82B$2.76B16.029,253
NSP
Insperity
4.4475 of 5 stars
$58.51
+0.1%
$80.00
+36.7%
-40.0%$2.20B$6.64B34.834,500Upcoming Earnings
ASGN
ASGN
3.2561 of 5 stars
$48.46
-0.3%
$63.67
+31.4%
-45.3%$2.13B$4.10B13.813,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MAN
ManpowerGroup
3.3805 of 5 stars
$43.52
-1.3%
$48.20
+10.8%
-38.4%$2.01B$17.54B18.9226,700
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.4182 of 5 stars
$43.61
+1.3%
$45.00
+3.2%
+29.9%$1.12B$1.17B22.363,658News Coverage
Positive News
KFRC
Kforce
3.9929 of 5 stars
$42.77
-1.6%
$53.67
+25.5%
-30.5%$796.84M$1.38B15.9612,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.7064 of 5 stars
$12.34
-1.0%
$25.00
+102.6%
-41.3%$430.52M$4.45B-20.574,200News Coverage
Positive News
TBI
TrueBlue
3.4728 of 5 stars
$6.11
-1.7%
$10.00
+63.8%
-36.0%$182.32M$1.53B-1.334,200
HSON
Hudson Global
2.1573 of 5 stars
$8.62
-0.3%
N/A-49.2%$23.71M$140.06M-7.071,300News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TW
Tradeweb Markets
2.5426 of 5 stars
$136.49
+0.3%
$149.75
+9.7%
+28.1%$32.27B$1.73B56.171,412Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:HSII) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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