ASGN (ASGN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KFRC or ASGN?

92.8% of Kforce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of ASGN shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Kforce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of ASGN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KFRC or ASGN?

ASGN has higher revenue and earnings than Kforce. ASGN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, 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
Kforce	$1.38B	0.63	$50.41M	$2.55	18.20
ASGN	$4.10B	0.59	$175.20M	$3.16	17.31

Is KFRC or ASGN 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
Kforce	3.59%	30.34%	13.76%
ASGN	3.50%	11.90%	5.98%

Does the media favor KFRC or ASGN?

In the previous week, ASGN had 16 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for ASGN and 5 mentions for Kforce. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat ASGN's score of 0.28 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kforce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASGN	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend KFRC or ASGN?

Kforce presently has a consensus price target of $55.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. ASGN has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. Given Kforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kforce is more favorable than ASGN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kforce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
ASGN	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, KFRC or ASGN?

Kforce has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASGN has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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