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

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

ASGN vs.

ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to ASGN's net margin of 4.27%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat ASGN's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ASGN4.27% 13.22% 6.92%
Robert Half 4.34%17.20%8.63%

In the previous week, Robert Half had 24 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Robert Half and 2 mentions for ASGN. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ASGN's score of 0.22 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ASGN
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Robert Half
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ASGN currently has a consensus price target of $74.40, indicating a potential upside of 37.24%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Given ASGN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASGN is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ASGN
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Robert Half
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ASGN received 27 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.95% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ASGNOutperform Votes
534
72.95%
Underperform Votes
198
27.05%
Robert HalfOutperform Votes
507
60.65%
Underperform Votes
329
39.35%

95.4% of ASGN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of ASGN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ASGN$4.02B0.59$175.20M$3.5115.45
Robert Half$5.67B0.83$251.60M$2.0022.98

ASGN has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ASGN and Robert Half tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASGN vs. The Competition

MetricASGNHelp supply services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.38B$855.16M$25.07B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.36%2.89%3.84%
P/E Ratio14.1230.7744.3834.53
Price / Sales0.590.522,068.5534.83
Price / Cash10.048.8334.7817.51
Price / Book1.353.946.704.69
Net Income$175.20M$40.82M$739.31M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.09%-2.17%-0.32%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-6.48%6.15%13.46%7.50%
1 Year Performance-44.21%-30.86%52,670.39%4.15%

ASGN Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASGN
ASGN
3.0475 of 5 stars
$54.21
0.0%
$74.40
+37.2%
-44.9%$2.38B$4.02B14.1254,000
RHI
Robert Half
4.4526 of 5 stars
$48.21
+7.6%
$48.71
+1.0%
-33.7%$4.93B$5.67B19.76180,500Analyst Revision
Gap Up
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.3218 of 5 stars
$67.95
+2.9%
$75.67
+11.4%
+3.5%$3.51B$2.74B14.5210,800Positive News
NSP
Insperity
4.1703 of 5 stars
$69.06
+4.8%
$89.67
+29.8%
-35.3%$2.60B$6.64B28.664,100Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9742 of 5 stars
$44.17
+6.7%
$57.50
+30.2%
-42.4%$2.04B$17.54B14.7730,900News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.1971 of 5 stars
$41.45
+2.5%
$41.67
+0.5%
+33.3%$1.06B$1.17B21.87127,100Insider Trade
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.9662 of 5 stars
$43.26
+2.1%
$48.00
+11.0%
+21.0%$892.06M$1.13B23.382,140Gap Up
KFRC
Kforce
4.4584 of 5 stars
$41.75
+6.4%
$53.67
+28.6%
-34.9%$777.71M$1.38B15.5812,000Positive News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.514 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.2%
$25.00
+102.4%
-46.7%$430.87M$4.45B-205.807,500Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TBI
TrueBlue
3.6406 of 5 stars
$4.65
+5.7%
$10.00
+115.1%
-48.6%$138.87M$1.53B-1.126,500
HSON
Hudson Global
2.4856 of 5 stars
$10.01
-1.9%
N/A-40.6%$27.54M$140.06M-8.701,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:ASGN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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