Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, NSP or KFRC?

Insperity has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NSP or KFRC?

Insperity presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.15%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $53.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Given Insperity's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Kforce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insperity	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NSP or KFRC?

Kforce received 82 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.98% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Insperity	Outperform Votes 334 64.98%	Underperform Votes 180 35.02%
Kforce	Outperform Votes 416 61.90%	Underperform Votes 256 38.10%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NSP or KFRC?

Insperity has higher revenue and earnings than Kforce. Kforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insperity, 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
Insperity	$6.64B	0.35	$91M	$1.68	36.87
Kforce	$1.38B	0.56	$50.41M	$2.55	16.37

Does the media favor NSP or KFRC?

In the previous week, Insperity had 5 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Insperity and 2 mentions for Kforce. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Kforce's score of 1.42 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Insperity	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kforce	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NSP or KFRC more profitable?

Kforce has a net margin of 3.59% compared to Insperity's net margin of 1.38%. Insperity's return on equity of 72.22% beat Kforce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insperity	1.38%	72.22%	4.16%
Kforce	3.59%	30.34%	13.76%

Is NSP or KFRC a better dividend stock?

Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Insperity pays out 142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kforce pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Insperity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NSP or KFRC?

93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Insperity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Insperity beats Kforce on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.