MAN vs. RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, 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), 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.
ManpowerGroup vs.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
ManpowerGroup received 62 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
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.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 13 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Robert Half and 13 mentions for ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Robert Half's score of 0.67 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.00%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Given ManpowerGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Half has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Robert Half is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MAN) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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