RHI vs. NSP, MAN, NOV, FCN, SOFI, COHR, FUTU, PSN, TNET, and DUOL
Should you be buying Robert Half stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Robert Half include Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), NOV (NOV), FTI Consulting (FCN), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Coherent (COHR), Futu (FUTU), Parsons (PSN), TriNet Group (TNET), and Duolingo (DUOL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and Insperity (NYSE:NSP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Robert Half pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity pays out 51.1% 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.
Robert Half received 169 more outperform votes than Insperity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.74% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 19 more articles in the media than Insperity. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Robert Half and 8 mentions for Insperity. Robert Half's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Insperity's score of 0.56 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Half has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Insperity's net margin of 2.64%. Insperity's return on equity of 153.34% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
Robert Half has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Robert Half presently has a consensus target price of $68.14, indicating a potential downside of 1.67%. Insperity has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Insperity's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Robert Half.
Robert Half has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insperity has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Robert Half beats Insperity on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Robert Half News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RHI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RHI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Robert Half Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
