KFRC vs. BBSI, KELYA, TBI, MAN, NSP, CCRN, TTEC, HHR, BBU, and ECVT
Should you be buying Kforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kforce include Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), TTEC (TTEC), HeadHunter Group (HHR), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), and Ecovyst (ECVT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Kforce vs.
Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Kforce currently has a consensus target price of $67.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. Barrett Business Services has a consensus target price of $100.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Given Barrett Business Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Kforce.
88.1% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Barrett Business Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Kforce's net margin of 4.41%. Kforce's return on equity of 43.52% beat Barrett Business Services' return on equity.
Kforce received 95 more outperform votes than Barrett Business Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.
Kforce has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kforce has higher revenue and earnings than Barrett Business Services. Barrett Business Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 2 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 2 mentions for Kforce. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Kforce's score of 0.37 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kforce pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barrett Business Services pays out 18.2% 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.
Summary
Kforce and Barrett Business Services tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
