TBI vs. KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, HSON, TW, RHI, ASGN, NSP, and KFY
Should you be buying TrueBlue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrueBlue include Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Hudson Global (HSON), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), and Korn Ferry (KFY). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) and TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Kforce has a net margin of 3.78% compared to Kforce's net margin of -0.63%. TrueBlue's return on equity of 36.39% beat Kforce's return on equity.
Kforce received 80 more outperform votes than TrueBlue when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.12% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote.
Kforce has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueBlue has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kforce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kforce and Kforce both had 2 articles in the media. TrueBlue's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Kforce's score of 0.00 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.8% of Kforce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of TrueBlue shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Kforce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kforce presently has a consensus target price of $68.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.86%. TrueBlue has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Kforce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Kforce.
Summary
Kforce beats TrueBlue on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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