TriNet Group (TNET) Competitors

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MEDP or TNET?

78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of TriNet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of TriNet Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MEDP or TNET?

Medpace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TriNet Group. TriNet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, 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
Medpace	$2.11B	6.55	$404.39M	$13.45	36.55
TriNet Group	$5.06B	0.67	$173M	$2.91	24.09

Is MEDP or TNET more profitable?

Medpace has a net margin of 18.74% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 2.85%. TriNet Group's return on equity of 208.35% beat Medpace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medpace	18.74%	67.66%	21.86%
TriNet Group	2.85%	208.35%	5.01%

Which has more volatility and risk, MEDP or TNET?

Medpace has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriNet Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MEDP or TNET?

Medpace currently has a consensus price target of $422.27, suggesting a potential downside of 14.10%. TriNet Group has a consensus price target of $96.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.42%. Given TriNet Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TriNet Group is more favorable than Medpace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medpace	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.94
TriNet Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media prefer MEDP or TNET?

In the previous week, Medpace had 20 more articles in the media than TriNet Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Medpace and 6 mentions for TriNet Group. TriNet Group's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Medpace's score of 1.09 indicating that TriNet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Medpace	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TriNet Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Medpace beats TriNet Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.