Insperity (NSP) Competitors

Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, NSP or RHI?

Insperity has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NSP or RHI more profitable?

Robert Half has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Insperity's net margin of 1.38%. Insperity's return on equity of 72.22% beat Robert Half's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Insperity	1.38%	72.22%	4.16%
Robert Half	4.34%	17.20%	8.63%

Do analysts rate NSP or RHI?

Insperity currently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.47%. Robert Half has a consensus price target of $48.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Given Insperity's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Insperity	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Robert Half	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, NSP or RHI?

Robert Half has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Insperity. Robert Half 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	$6.64B	0.35	$91M	$1.68	36.50
Robert Half	$5.67B	0.79	$251.60M	$2.00	22.02

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NSP or RHI?

93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Insperity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Robert Half 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.

Does the media prefer NSP or RHI?

In the previous week, Robert Half had 8 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Robert Half and 7 mentions for Insperity. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Robert Half's score of 0.92 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Insperity	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Robert Half	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NSP or RHI a better dividend stock?

Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Insperity pays out 142.9% 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 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. Insperity has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Robert Half has increased 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NSP or RHI?

Robert Half received 173 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.98% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Insperity	Outperform Votes 334 64.98%	Underperform Votes 180 35.02%
Robert Half	Outperform Votes 507 60.50%	Underperform Votes 331 39.50%

Summary

Robert Half beats Insperity on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.