Kforce, Inc. (KFRC) vs Insperity, Inc. (NSP)

Kforce, Inc. and Insperity, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Insperity, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $997.7M — 1.9× the size. Kforce, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.3× against 685×. Kforce, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.14% against 2.12%. Kforce, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.98% vs 0.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.9% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Insperity, Inc. yields more (4.75% vs 2.86%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kforce, Inc. leads on 14 and Insperity, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 23.27 685.48 23.57
P/S 0.68 0.28 0.28
P/B 6.85 43.63 1.24
Price to free cash flow 107.98 9.75 17.58
EV/EBITDA 17.04 26.28 11.38
EV/Sales 0.83 0.24 0.34
Earnings yield 4.30% 0.15% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 0.93% 10.26% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 27.79% 13.01% 25.01%
Operating margin 4.51% 0.29% 0.29%
Net margin 2.98% 0.04% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 0.63% 2.86% 0.14%
Return on equity 30.46% 4.58% 2.93%
Return on assets 10.16% 0.14% 0.07%
Return on invested capital 15.85% 0.00% 0.32%

Growth

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.14% 2.12% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.87%) (107.85%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.00%) 9.70% 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.79 9.52 0.04
Current ratio 1.95 1.11 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 (10.66) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 2.86% 4.75% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.67 32.56 0.50

Size

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 997.66m 1.94b 461.40m

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