Kforce (KFRC) Competitors

$64.13
+0.13 (+0.20%)
(As of 04/26/2024 ET)

KFRC vs. KELYA, BBSI, TBI, AMN, MAN, NSP, CCRN, TTEC, MAX, and MEG

Should you be buying Kforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kforce include Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), TrueBlue (TBI), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Insperity (NSP), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), TTEC (TTEC), MediaAlpha (MAX), and Montrose Environmental Group (MEG).

Kforce vs.

Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) and Kforce (NASDAQ:KFRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Kelly Services had 10 more articles in the media than Kforce. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kelly Services and 2 mentions for Kforce. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Kforce's score of -0.26 indicating that Kforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kelly Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kforce
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kelly Services currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.83%. Kforce has a consensus price target of $68.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.55%. Given Kforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kelly Services is more favorable than Kforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kelly Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kforce
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Kforce pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Kelly Services pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kforce pays out 48.6% 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. Kforce has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Kforce is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

76.3% of Kelly Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Kelly Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Kforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kforce received 196 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Kforce an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kelly ServicesOutperform Votes
215
55.56%
Underperform Votes
172
44.44%
KforceOutperform Votes
411
62.18%
Underperform Votes
250
37.82%

Kforce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kelly Services. Kforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelly Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kelly Services$4.84B0.17$36.40M$0.9823.94
Kforce$1.53B0.82$61.08M$3.1320.49

Kelly Services has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kforce has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kforce has a net margin of 3.99% compared to Kforce's net margin of 0.75%. Kelly Services' return on equity of 38.24% beat Kforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kelly Services0.75% 6.50% 3.14%
Kforce 3.99%38.24%18.37%

Summary

Kforce beats Kelly Services on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KFRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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KFRC vs. The Competition

MetricKforceHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.25B$1.47B$6.41B$7.55B
Dividend Yield2.38%2.87%2.49%3.95%
P/E Ratio20.4927.6837.2719.19
Price / Sales0.820.642,641.4585.76
Price / Cash17.329.0725.4234.73
Price / Book7.974.494.574.33
Net Income$61.08M$76.96M$111.47M$214.22M
7 Day Performance0.90%-2.20%2.79%1.88%
1 Month Performance-8.35%-8.06%-3.99%-5.23%
1 Year Performance9.08%-4.68%16.14%8.41%

Kforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.2476 of 5 stars
$23.88
+1.3%
$26.00
+8.9%
+44.9%$832.12M$4.84B24.373,700News Coverage
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.8337 of 5 stars
$123.47
+0.5%
$141.00
+14.2%
+47.2%$807.49M$1.07B16.62130,513Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
TBI
TrueBlue
3.0161 of 5 stars
$10.87
-0.6%
$19.00
+74.8%
-31.8%$343.40M$1.91B-24.165,000
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.6257 of 5 stars
$57.16
+1.2%
$85.00
+48.7%
-33.8%$2.17B$3.79B10.803,585Analyst Upgrade
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.0827 of 5 stars
$76.44
+1.0%
$83.00
+8.6%
+2.0%$3.66B$18.91B78.8027,900
NSP
Insperity
4.6972 of 5 stars
$108.68
-0.3%
$115.00
+5.8%
-14.6%$4.09B$6.49B24.374,400Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Gap Down
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6122 of 5 stars
$17.77
+4.4%
$21.67
+21.9%
-22.3%$590.20M$2.02B8.7510,831Upcoming Earnings
TTEC
TTEC
3.7426 of 5 stars
$8.10
-0.7%
$22.00
+171.6%
-76.9%$384.35M$2.46B45.0060,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MAX
MediaAlpha
0.8146 of 5 stars
$19.00
-0.6%
$18.20
-4.2%
+150.8%$1.25B$388.15M-21.35137Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
MEG
Montrose Environmental Group
1.5883 of 5 stars
$41.30
+5.8%
$46.25
+12.0%
+43.7%$1.27B$624.21M-26.143,100

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This page (NASDAQ:KFRC) was last updated on 4/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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