ASGN (ASGN) Competitors

ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both human resource & employment services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ASGN or KFRC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASGN	$4.10B	0.49	$175.20M	$3.16	14.59
Kforce	$1.36B	0.37	$50.41M	$2.39	11.38

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ASGN or KFRC?

95.4% of ASGN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of ASGN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Kforce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ASGN or KFRC?

ASGN has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASGN or KFRC more profitable?

Kforce has a net margin of 3.59% compared to ASGN's net margin of 3.50%. Kforce's return on equity of 30.34% beat ASGN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASGN	3.50%	11.90%	5.98%
Kforce	3.59%	30.34%	13.76%

Does the media prefer ASGN or KFRC?

In the previous week, Kforce had 4 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kforce and 4 mentions for ASGN. ASGN's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Kforce's score of 0.03 indicating that ASGN is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ASGN	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kforce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate ASGN or KFRC?

ASGN presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.13%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.84%. Given Kforce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kforce is more favorable than ASGN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASGN	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

ASGN beats Kforce on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.