ManpowerGroup (MAN) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer NSP or MAN?

Insperity presently has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. ManpowerGroup has a consensus target price of $85.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. Given Insperity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Insperity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insperity	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ManpowerGroup	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NSP or MAN?

ManpowerGroup received 243 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.92% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Insperity	Outperform Votes 325 65.92%	Underperform Votes 168 34.08%
ManpowerGroup	Outperform Votes 568 64.69%	Underperform Votes 310 35.31%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NSP or MAN?

91.1% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Insperity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, NSP or MAN?

Insperity has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NSP or MAN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Insperity	$5.94B	0.72	$179.35M	$4.93	23.42
ManpowerGroup	$19.83B	0.19	$373.80M	$4.35	17.44

Does the media prefer NSP or MAN?

In the previous week, Insperity had 6 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Insperity and 4 mentions for ManpowerGroup. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat ManpowerGroup's score of -0.13 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Insperity	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ManpowerGroup	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NSP or MAN a better dividend stock?

Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Insperity pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ManpowerGroup pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Insperity has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and ManpowerGroup has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Is NSP or MAN more profitable?

Insperity has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Insperity's net margin of 1.16%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 177.45% beat Insperity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insperity	2.97%	177.45%	9.57%
ManpowerGroup	1.16%	13.80%	3.82%

Summary

Insperity and ManpowerGroup tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.