TW vs. RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, KELYA, and TBI
Should you be buying Tradeweb Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tradeweb Markets include Robert Half (RHI), Korn/Ferry International (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kforce (KFRC), Kelly Services (KELYA), and TrueBlue (TBI). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Tradeweb Markets vs. Its Competitors
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) are both human resource & employment services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Tradeweb Markets pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Robert Half pays out 118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tradeweb Markets pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Tradeweb Markets has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Tradeweb Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tradeweb Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. Tradeweb Markets has a consensus target price of $149.77, suggesting a potential upside of 8.14%. Given Robert Half's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Tradeweb Markets.
Tradeweb Markets has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Robert Half. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tradeweb Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robert Half has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Tradeweb Markets has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tradeweb Markets has a net margin of 28.67% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 3.62%. Robert Half's return on equity of 14.54% beat Tradeweb Markets' return on equity.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 4 more articles in the media than Tradeweb Markets. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Robert Half and 5 mentions for Tradeweb Markets. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Tradeweb Markets' score of 0.12 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tradeweb Markets beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:TW) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
