TCTM Kids IT Education (NASDAQ:VSA) vs. Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) Critical Contrast

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and TCTM Kids IT Education (NASDAQ:VSA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Robert Half and TCTM Kids IT Education, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robert Half	3	4	1	0	1.75
TCTM Kids IT Education	1	0	0	0	1.00

Robert Half currently has a consensus price target of $45.83, suggesting a potential upside of 46.15%. Given Robert Half’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Robert Half is more favorable than TCTM Kids IT Education.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of Robert Half shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of TCTM Kids IT Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Robert Half shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of TCTM Kids IT Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Robert Half and TCTM Kids IT Education’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robert Half	3.20%	13.00%	6.27%
TCTM Kids IT Education	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Robert Half has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TCTM Kids IT Education has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Robert Half and TCTM Kids IT Education”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Robert Half	$5.57 billion	0.57	$251.60 million	$1.75	17.92
TCTM Kids IT Education	$160.41 million	0.18	-$80.36 million	N/A	N/A

Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than TCTM Kids IT Education.

Summary

Robert Half beats TCTM Kids IT Education on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Robert Half

Robert Half Inc. provides talent solutions and business consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operates through Contract Talent Solutions, Permanent Placement Talent Solutions, and Protiviti segments. The Contract Talent Solutions segment provides contract engagement professionals in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal and administrative, and customer support. This segment markets its services to clients and employment candidates through both national and local advertising activities, including radio, digital advertising, job boards, alliance partners, and events. The Permanent Placement Talent Solutions segment engages in the placement of full-time accounting, finance, and tax and accounting operations personnel. The Protiviti segment offers consulting services in the areas of internal audit, technology consulting, risk, and compliance consulting. It offers it services under the Robert Half brand name. The company was formerly known as Robert Half International Inc. and changed its name to Robert Half Inc. in July 2023. Robert Half Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

About TCTM Kids IT Education

Tarena International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides professional education services through full-time and part-time classes under the Tarena brand in the People’s Republic of China. It operates through two segments, Adult Professional Education and Childhood & Adolescent Quality Education Services. The company offers education courses in 7 information technology (IT) subjects, such as Java, software testing, Linux and network engineering, Big Data, Web front-end development, Python, and network engineer courses; and 3 non-IT subjects, including digital art, online sales and marketing, and visual effects-VFX, as well as live distance instruction, classroom-based tutoring, and online learning modules. It also provides 9 childhood and adolescent quality education programs, including robotics programming, graphical intelligent programming, NOI informatics Olympiad, Python artificial intelligence, high level hardware programming for secondary school, soft and hard programming enlightenment, creative programming starter, and SPIKE starter and advanced under the TongchengTongmei brand. In addition, the company offers online learning platform for education courses and job placement training courses. As of December 31, 2021, it had a network of 100 directly managed learning centers in 44 cities; and 238 TongchengTongmei standalone learning centers in 54 cities. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.