Insperity - NSP Stock Forecast, Price & News

Insperity, Inc. provides human resources (HR) and business solutions to improve business performance for small and medium-sized businesses. The company offers its HR services through its Workforce Optimization and Workforce Synchronization solutions that include a range of human resources functions, such as payroll and employment administration, employee benefits, workers' compensation, government compliance, performance management, and training and development services. It also provides Insperity Premier, a cloud-based human capital management platform that offers professional employer organization HR outsourcing solutions to its clients; personnel record management services; and employer liability management services, as well as solutions for middle market. In addition, the company offers MarketPlace, an e-commerce portal that offers a range of products and services; and Workforce Acceleration, a human capital management and payroll services solution; time and attendance; performance management; organizational planning; recruiting; employment screening; retirement; and insurance services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated through 85 sales offices in the United States. The company was formerly known as Administaff, Inc. and changed its name to Insperity, Inc. in March 2011. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Kingwood, Texas.

Insperity Trading Up 4.0 %

NYSE:NSP traded up $4.48 on Friday, reaching $115.90. The company's stock had a trading volume of 131,767 shares, compared to its average volume of 150,641. Insperity has a 12-month low of $83.94 and a 12-month high of $129.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.51. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $101.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $99.41. The firm has a market cap of $4.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.34.

Insperity (NYSE:NSP - Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 1st. The business services provider reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.16. Insperity had a net margin of 2.55% and a return on equity of 341.97%. The firm had revenue of $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.41 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Insperity will post 4.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insperity Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 9th were given a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 8th. This is a positive change from Insperity's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. Insperity's payout ratio is currently 57.46%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on NSP. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Insperity in a research note on Tuesday, August 2nd. StockNews.com upgraded Insperity from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 29th. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Insperity from $138.00 to $120.00 in a report on Friday, July 15th. Finally, TheStreet upgraded shares of Insperity from a "c+" rating to a "b-" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 20th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director John M. Morphy sold 1,750 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $109.19, for a total value of $191,082.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 9,041 shares in the company, valued at $987,186.79. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other news, Director John M. Morphy sold 1,750 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.19, for a total value of $191,082.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 9,041 shares of the company's stock, valued at $987,186.79. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, COO Arthur A. Arizpe sold 5,000 shares of Insperity stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $550,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 71,668 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,883,480. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 48,774 shares of company stock worth $5,383,183. 6.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.