MAN vs. NSP, KFRC, CXT, CBZ, CRDO, NPO, KFY, BCO, CXM, and CNXC
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Insperity (NSP), Kforce (KFRC), Crane NXT (CXT), CBIZ (CBZ), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Enpro (NPO), Korn Ferry (KFY), Brink's (BCO), Sprinklr (CXM), and Concentrix (CNXC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Insperity pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ManpowerGroup pays out 176.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Insperity has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Insperity has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup received 238 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.74% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.
Insperity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ManpowerGroup. Insperity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Insperity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 2 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 6 mentions for Insperity. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.04 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Insperity's net margin of 0.47%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 153.34% beat Insperity's return on equity.
Insperity currently has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus price target of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.45%. Given Insperity's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Insperity.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Insperity on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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