KFY vs. RHI, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying Korn/Ferry International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korn/Ferry International include Robert Half (RHI), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), 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.
Korn/Ferry International vs. Its Competitors
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Korn/Ferry International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Korn/Ferry International pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Korn/Ferry International pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Korn/Ferry International has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 4 more articles in the media than Korn/Ferry International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Robert Half and 6 mentions for Korn/Ferry International. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Korn/Ferry International's score of 0.47 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Half currently has a consensus target price of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Korn/Ferry International has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Robert Half's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Robert Half is more favorable than Korn/Ferry International.
Robert Half has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Korn/Ferry International has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Korn/Ferry International has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 3.62%. Robert Half's return on equity of 14.54% beat Korn/Ferry International's return on equity.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Korn/Ferry International. Korn/Ferry International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Robert Half beats Korn/Ferry International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KFY) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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