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Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII) Competitors

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

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), Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Heidrick & Struggles International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korn/Ferry International pays out 41.6% 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. 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 $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Korn/Ferry International has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Korn/Ferry International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Korn/Ferry International had 5 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Korn/Ferry International and 5 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Korn/Ferry International's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Heidrick & Struggles International's score of 0.79 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Korn/Ferry International
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korn/Ferry International has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.12B0.94$8.73M$1.5931.75
Korn/Ferry International$2.76B1.40$246.06M$4.6215.95

Korn/Ferry International has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Heidrick & Struggles International's net margin of 2.92%. Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity of 14.85% beat Korn/Ferry International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Heidrick & Struggles International2.92% 14.85% 6.24%
Korn/Ferry International 8.91%14.49%7.21%

Summary

Korn/Ferry International beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HSII vs. The Competition

MetricHeidrick & Struggles InternationalStaffing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.04B$1.50B$26.09B$9.91B
Dividend Yield1.20%3.32%2.74%4.49%
P/E Ratio31.7525.4526.9426.65
Price / Sales0.940.771,165.86163.66
Price / Cash11.998.2525.6328.92
Price / Book2.283.106.166.52
Net Income$8.73M$30.69M$198.30M$266.21M
7 Day Performance-0.32%0.46%-1.34%-0.76%
1 Month Performance16.02%6.92%8.27%3.83%
1 Year Performance34.86%-18.22%50.05%24.39%

Heidrick & Struggles International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.7393 of 5 stars
$50.49
+1.1%
$51.00
+1.0%
+32.8%$1.04B$1.12B31.752,201
KFY
Korn/Ferry International
3.9933 of 5 stars
$74.20
-0.9%
$81.00
+9.2%
+3.4%$3.88B$2.76B16.069,253Positive News
RHI
Robert Half
4.6776 of 5 stars
$37.37
+2.3%
$45.83
+22.7%
-39.5%$3.80B$5.80B21.3514,700Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
2.5565 of 5 stars
$54.15
+1.7%
$61.67
+13.9%
-42.1%$2.38B$4.10B17.133,200
NSP
Insperity
4.1333 of 5 stars
$55.15
+1.4%
$58.33
+5.8%
-40.2%$2.08B$6.58B52.034,500
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.2739 of 5 stars
$42.36
+2.5%
$48.20
+13.8%
-43.3%$1.96B$17.85B-111.4726,700Positive News
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.5186 of 5 stars
$48.80
+0.5%
$47.00
-3.7%
+35.8%$1.25B$1.14B24.043,658
KFRC
Kforce
4.4964 of 5 stars
$32.64
+0.4%
$52.33
+60.3%
-52.2%$607.11M$1.36B12.1812,000Positive News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.5914 of 5 stars
$14.23
+0.9%
$25.00
+75.7%
-34.7%$501.63M$4.33B-71.154,200
TBI
TrueBlue
3.4286 of 5 stars
$5.98
-2.5%
$8.00
+33.9%
-26.3%$178.51M$1.57B-5.204,200Gap Up
HSON
Hudson Global
2.6258 of 5 stars
$9.41
-2.7%
N/A-43.8%$25.93M$140.06M-7.241,300Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:HSII) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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