MAN vs. RHI, ASGN, NSP, KFY, KFRC, BBSI, KELYA, HSII, TBI, and HSON
Should you be buying ManpowerGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ManpowerGroup include Robert Half (RHI), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), Korn Ferry (KFY), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), TrueBlue (TBI), and Hudson Global (HSON). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) and Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Robert Half has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ManpowerGroup. Robert Half is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Robert Half pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ManpowerGroup pays out 317.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Half pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Robert Half has a net margin of 5.74% compared to ManpowerGroup's net margin of 0.27%. Robert Half's return on equity of 22.36% beat ManpowerGroup's return on equity.
ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Half has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup received 67 more outperform votes than Robert Half when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.11% of users gave ManpowerGroup an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of ManpowerGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ManpowerGroup presently has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.23%. Robert Half has a consensus target price of $68.14, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given ManpowerGroup's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Robert Half.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 4 more articles in the media than ManpowerGroup. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Robert Half and 4 mentions for ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Robert Half's score of 0.66 indicating that ManpowerGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Robert Half on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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