MAN vs. RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, BBSI, KFRC, HSII, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kforce (KFRC), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
ManpowerGroup vs.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.18%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus target price of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.03%. Given ManpowerGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ManpowerGroup received 62 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.08% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 12 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Robert Half and 17 mentions for ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Robert Half's score of 0.54 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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. ManpowerGroup pays out 133.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Half has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.81%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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