RHI vs. KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, HSII, KFRC, KELYA, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying Robert Half stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Half include Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), 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.
Robert Half vs.
Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
98.8% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Korn Ferry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Korn Ferry presently has a consensus target price of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.51%. Given Korn Ferry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Korn Ferry is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half received 163 more outperform votes than Korn Ferry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.65% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote while only 55.13% of users gave Korn Ferry an outperform vote.
Korn Ferry has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Korn Ferry pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Korn Ferry pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Korn Ferry has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and 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.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robert Half, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 16 more articles in the media than Korn Ferry. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Robert Half and 9 mentions for Korn Ferry. Korn Ferry's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Robert Half's score of 0.77 indicating that Korn Ferry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Korn Ferry has a net margin of 9.03% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 4.34%. Robert Half's return on equity of 17.20% beat Korn Ferry's return on equity.
Summary
Robert Half beats Korn Ferry on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RHI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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