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 $926.3M — 2.1× the size. Insperity, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Kforce, Inc. trades at 24.1×. Insperity, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.64% against −1.26%. Kforce, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.71% vs −0.23%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Insperity, Inc. yields more (4.67% vs 3.12%). Across the 22 metrics below, Kforce, Inc. leads on 12 and Insperity, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 24.06 n/m 23.42
P/S 0.64 0.28 0.36
P/B 6.92 32.01 1.01
Price to free cash flow 37.90 10.06 16.25
EV/EBITDA 17.81 40.77 9.41
EV/Sales 0.79 0.24 0.40
Earnings yield 4.16% (0.84%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.64% 9.94% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 27.67% 12.89% 23.11%
Operating margin 4.04% (0.04%) 0.08%
Net margin 2.71% (0.23%) 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 1.68% 2.82% 1.23%
Return on equity 28.27% (18.50%) 2.31%
Return on assets 9.31% (0.75%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.73% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.26%) 2.64% 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.87%) (107.85%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.00%) 9.70% 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.87 6.87 0.08
Current ratio 1.93 1.11 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 (10.66) (0.22)

Dividend

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 3.12% 4.67% 2.46%
Payout ratio 0.75 — 0.42

Size

Metric KFRC NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 926.25m 1.94b 558.08m

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