HSON vs. TW, RHI, KFY, ASGN, NSP, MAN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, and KELYA
Should you be buying Hudson Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Global include Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kforce (KFRC), and Kelly Services (KELYA). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Hudson Global vs. Its Competitors
Hudson Global (NASDAQ:HSON) and Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Tradeweb Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Hudson Global. Hudson Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tradeweb Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hudson Global and Hudson Global both had 2 articles in the media. Hudson Global's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of 1.02 indicating that Hudson Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.2% of Hudson Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Hudson Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tradeweb Markets has a consensus target price of $149.77, suggesting a potential upside of 7.94%. Given Tradeweb Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tradeweb Markets is more favorable than Hudson Global.
Tradeweb Markets received 183 more outperform votes than Hudson Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.32% of users gave Hudson Global an outperform vote while only 68.10% of users gave Tradeweb Markets an outperform vote.
Hudson Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Hudson Global pays out -16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tradeweb Markets pays out 19.8% 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. Tradeweb Markets has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Hudson Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hudson Global has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 29.06% compared to Hudson Global's net margin of -2.46%. Tradeweb Markets' return on equity of 11.14% beat Hudson Global's return on equity.
Summary
Tradeweb Markets beats Hudson Global on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HSON) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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