Kforce, Inc. (KFRC) vs ManpowerGroup Inc. (MAN)

Kforce, Inc. and ManpowerGroup Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. ManpowerGroup Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $926.3M — 2.2× the size. ManpowerGroup Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.2× against 24.1×. ManpowerGroup Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.25% against −1.26%. Kforce, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.71% vs 0.64%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs 7.67%). Both pay a dividend; ManpowerGroup Inc. yields more (3.47% vs 3.12%). Across the 23 metrics below, ManpowerGroup Inc. leads on 12 and Kforce, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 24.06 16.16 23.42
P/S 0.64 0.10 0.36
P/B 6.92 0.91 1.01
Price to free cash flow 37.90 243.24 16.25
EV/EBITDA 17.81 6.12 9.41
EV/Sales 0.79 0.12 0.40
Earnings yield 4.16% 6.19% 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.64% 0.41% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 27.67% 16.05% 23.11%
Operating margin 4.04% 1.60% 0.08%
Net margin 2.71% 0.64% 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 1.68% 0.04% 1.23%
Return on equity 28.27% 5.79% 2.31%
Return on assets 9.31% 1.44% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.73% 7.67% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.26%) 7.25% 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.87%) (109.63%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.00%) (0.05%) 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.87 0.26 0.08
Current ratio 1.93 1.05 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 0.77 (0.22)

Dividend

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 3.12% 3.47% 2.46%
Payout ratio 0.75 0.57 0.42

Size

Metric KFRC MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 926.25m 2.03b 558.08m

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