Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

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

Should you be buying Kforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kforce include ASGN (ASGN), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), Hudson Global (HSON), and Tradeweb Markets (TW). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

Kforce vs.

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

95.4% of ASGN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of ASGN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ASGN currently has a consensus target price of $101.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.09%. Kforce has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 33.35%. Given ASGN's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ASGN is more favorable than Kforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ASGN
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Kforce
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ASGN$4.10B0.81$219.30M$3.8419.62
Kforce$1.41B0.68$61.08M$2.6818.65

ASGN has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ASGN received 117 more outperform votes than Kforce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.11% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ASGNOutperform Votes
533
73.11%
Underperform Votes
196
26.89%
KforceOutperform Votes
416
62.18%
Underperform Votes
253
37.82%

ASGN has a net margin of 4.27% compared to Kforce's net margin of 3.59%. Kforce's return on equity of 30.34% beat ASGN's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ASGN4.27% 13.22% 6.92%
Kforce 3.59%30.34%13.76%

In the previous week, ASGN had 4 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ASGN and 2 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat ASGN's score of 0.25 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ASGN
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kforce
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

ASGN beats Kforce on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KFRC vs. The Competition

MetricKforceHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$953.91M$1.01B$8.14B$9.21B
Dividend Yield2.90%3.34%2.21%4.00%
P/E Ratio18.6532.6935.2619.21
Price / Sales0.680.8472.2578.79
Price / Cash14.189.0531.5438.90
Price / Book6.214.656.185.05
Net Income$61.08M$62.90M$143.61M$222.81M
7 Day Performance-2.87%-1.70%1.36%1.94%
1 Month Performance-11.19%-8.67%1.51%1.48%
1 Year Performance-26.75%-28.86%20.37%16.47%

Kforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KFRC
Kforce
4.3079 of 5 stars
$49.67
-0.6%
$66.67
+34.2%
-26.7%$947.61M$1.41B18.531,800
ASGN
ASGN
3.4301 of 5 stars
$80.37
+2.0%
$101.75
+26.6%
-22.2%$3.55B$4.10B20.933,700
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.5178 of 5 stars
$67.68
+1.1%
$77.00
+13.8%
+13.9%$3.49B$2.80B14.469,076Positive News
NSP
Insperity
3.7148 of 5 stars
$80.82
+16.1%
$95.67
+18.4%
-9.2%$3.02B$6.49B25.664,400High Trading Volume
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.8874 of 5 stars
$55.64
-2.5%
$69.33
+24.6%
-21.6%$2.61B$17.85B18.6127,900
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.5718 of 5 stars
$42.87
+1.2%
$41.67
-2.8%
+48.7%$1.11B$1.07B22.62130,513Short Interest ↓
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.4877 of 5 stars
$45.37
+0.3%
$46.00
+1.4%
+56.2%$926.04M$1.04B24.532,212Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9398 of 5 stars
$13.43
+2.3%
$25.00
+86.1%
-38.5%$478.39M$4.84B11.683,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TBI
TrueBlue
3.1018 of 5 stars
$7.27
-0.9%
$11.50
+58.3%
-41.1%$214.78M$1.91B-1.895,000Upcoming Earnings
HSON
Hudson Global
1.7314 of 5 stars
$12.18
-1.9%
N/A-18.6%$33.26M$140.43M-10.591,050Gap Down
TW
Tradeweb Markets
3.5401 of 5 stars
$124.97
+0.5%
$138.50
+10.8%
+25.1%$29.52B$1.73B53.631,179Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:KFRC) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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