HSII vs. KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, TBI, HSON, KFY, TW, RHI, ASGN, and NSP
Should you be buying Heidrick & Struggles International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heidrick & Struggles International include Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), TrueBlue (TBI), Hudson Global (HSON), Korn Ferry (KFY), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), and Insperity (NSP). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Kforce received 219 more outperform votes than Heidrick & Struggles International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote while only 55.78% of users gave Heidrick & Struggles International an outperform vote.
Heidrick & Struggles International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Heidrick & Struggles International pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kforce pays out 52.6% 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.
90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Heidrick & Struggles International has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Kforce's net margin of 3.78%. Kforce's return on equity of 36.39% beat Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity.
Heidrick & Struggles International currently has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.48%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Given Kforce's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kforce is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.
In the previous week, Kforce had 2 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kforce and 3 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Kforce's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Heidrick & Struggles International's score of 0.69 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kforce has higher revenue and earnings than Heidrick & Struggles International. Heidrick & Struggles International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kforce beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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