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Hudson Global (HSON) Competitors

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$9.27 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/9/2025

HSON vs. TW, KFY, RHI, 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), Korn/Ferry International (KFY), Robert Half (RHI), 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

Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) and Hudson Global (NASDAQ:HSON) are both human resource & employment services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hudson Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Tradeweb Markets pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudson Global pays out -15.4% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Hudson Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Tradeweb Markets had 11 more articles in the media than Hudson Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tradeweb Markets and 0 mentions for Hudson Global. Hudson Global's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of -0.16 indicating that Hudson Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Tradeweb Markets Neutral
Hudson Global Neutral

Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Global has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.5% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Hudson Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tradeweb Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Hudson Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tradeweb Markets$1.73B15.35$501.51M$2.5943.27
Hudson Global$137.86M0.19-$4.77M-$1.30-7.13

Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 28.85% compared to Hudson Global's net margin of -2.81%. Tradeweb Markets' return on equity of 11.90% beat Hudson Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tradeweb Markets28.85% 11.90% 10.29%
Hudson Global -2.81%-3.81%-2.84%

Tradeweb Markets currently has a consensus target price of $149.06, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Given Tradeweb Markets' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tradeweb Markets is more favorable than Hudson Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tradeweb Markets
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Hudson Global
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Tradeweb Markets beats Hudson Global on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HSON vs. The Competition

MetricHudson GlobalOutsourcing IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.54M$3.99B$26.64B$10.39B
Dividend YieldN/A1.47%2.74%4.60%
P/E Ratio-7.1320.2027.1226.77
Price / Sales0.190.85774.78124.20
Price / CashN/A8.0727.7161.55
Price / Book0.639.447.796.40
Net Income-$4.77M$296.51M$198.75M$271.62M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-3.59%1.81%3.46%
1 Month Performance3.58%4.92%23.02%9.89%
1 Year Performance-37.20%-19.47%67.86%28.51%

Hudson Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSON
Hudson Global
2.0818 of 5 stars
$9.27
flat
N/A-39.4%$25.54M$137.86M-7.131,300Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TW
Tradeweb Markets
4.7806 of 5 stars
$116.79
-1.0%
$151.93
+30.1%
-6.9%$27.88B$1.73B45.091,412Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
KFY
Korn/Ferry International
4.5159 of 5 stars
$72.54
+0.4%
$81.00
+11.7%
-3.3%$3.79B$2.79B15.409,253Positive News
Buyback Announcement
RHI
Robert Half
4.8266 of 5 stars
$34.98
-1.3%
$45.83
+31.0%
-47.6%$3.61B$5.80B19.9914,700
ASGN
ASGN
3.771 of 5 stars
$51.30
-0.4%
$61.67
+20.2%
-47.7%$2.26B$4.10B16.243,200News Coverage
NSP
Insperity
4.7059 of 5 stars
$51.97
-1.8%
$58.33
+12.3%
-45.4%$1.99B$6.58B49.024,500Insider Trade
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.5942 of 5 stars
$38.14
-0.7%
$48.20
+26.4%
-50.3%$1.78B$17.85B-100.3726,700
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.5302 of 5 stars
$46.81
-0.1%
$47.00
+0.4%
+22.6%$1.20B$1.14B23.063,658News Coverage
Insider Trade
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.1502 of 5 stars
$49.99
+0.2%
$51.00
+2.0%
+28.3%$1.03B$1.17B31.442,201Short Interest ↓
KFRC
Kforce
4.4739 of 5 stars
$30.45
0.0%
$52.33
+71.9%
-52.9%$566.32M$1.36B11.3612,000Positive News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.6546 of 5 stars
$13.78
+1.0%
$25.00
+81.4%
-34.9%$480.83M$4.33B-68.904,200

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This page (NASDAQ:HSON) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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