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

Should you be buying Kforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kforce include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), ASGN (ASGN), Korn/Ferry International (KFY), Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), and TrueBlue (TBI).

Kforce vs. Its Competitors

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Cross Country Healthcare had 1 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare and 4 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.55 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kforce
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kforce has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$1.34B0.33-$14.56M-$0.53-25.64
Kforce$1.38B0.62$50.41M$2.5518.19

Kforce has a net margin of 3.59% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. Kforce's return on equity of 30.34% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare-1.41% 2.56% 1.84%
Kforce 3.59%30.34%13.76%

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Kforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. Kforce has a consensus target price of $55.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.31%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Kforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kforce
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Kforce beats Cross Country Healthcare on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KFRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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KFRC vs. The Competition

MetricKforceHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$864.04M$485.39M$14.35B$9.48B
Dividend Yield3.65%3.65%2.72%3.99%
P/E Ratio17.31130.3529.3719.95
Price / Sales0.620.4451.71101.76
Price / Cash13.309.7927.5158.97
Price / Book5.7612.376.195.90
Net Income$50.41M$9.09M$196.19M$258.42M
7 Day Performance8.02%4.50%1.56%2.12%
1 Month Performance14.81%11.36%6.75%12.46%
1 Year Performance-31.02%-31.02%27.87%19.56%

Kforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFRC
Kforce
3.9217 of 5 stars
$46.38
+3.0%
$55.33
+19.3%
-30.5%$864.04M$1.38B17.3112,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.7185 of 5 stars
$13.36
+4.5%
$17.93
+34.2%
-13.7%$418.97M$1.34B-25.218,205Upcoming Earnings
ASGN
ASGN
3.3597 of 5 stars
$48.27
-0.3%
$63.67
+31.9%
-45.3%$2.12B$4.10B9.703,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KFY
Korn/Ferry International
4.4031 of 5 stars
$73.16
-1.1%
$81.00
+10.7%
+4.1%$3.77B$2.76B15.849,253
RHI
Robert Half
4.7743 of 5 stars
$41.83
-0.1%
$48.71
+16.5%
-38.5%$4.27B$5.80B20.9114,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NSP
Insperity
4.5238 of 5 stars
$57.26
+1.1%
$80.00
+39.7%
-40.0%$2.15B$6.64B34.084,500Upcoming Earnings
MAN
ManpowerGroup
3.4148 of 5 stars
$42.18
-2.5%
$48.20
+14.3%
-38.4%$1.95B$17.85B-110.9826,700
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.4105 of 5 stars
$43.70
+0.2%
$45.00
+3.0%
+29.9%$1.12B$1.14B22.373,658News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.3162 of 5 stars
$45.63
-1.1%
$49.00
+7.4%
+31.9%$951.65M$1.12B14.702,201
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.705 of 5 stars
$12.71
+1.2%
$25.00
+96.7%
-41.3%$443.45M$4.33B-21.184,200Positive News
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5204 of 5 stars
$7.05
-0.7%
$10.00
+41.9%
-36.0%$210.45M$1.57B-1.544,200Positive News

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