KFRC vs RCMT vs TNET Stock Comparison

Kforce, Rcm Technologies and Trinet Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KFRC Kforce Inc
$57.04 +10.8% 1M +105.8% 1Y
Market cap
$950.96M
P/E
23.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.37B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
1 win
RCMT Rcm Technologies, Inc.
$35.52 -12.2% 1M +56.6% 1Y
Market cap
$253.10M
P/E
14.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$328.75M
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
7 wins
TNET Trinet Group, Inc.
$71.64 +10.0% 1M +15.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.21B
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.88B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Rcm Technologies leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Rcm Technologies 7, Trinet 2, Kforce 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKFRCRCMTTNETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $950.96M $253.10M $3.21B TNET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.3x 14.8x 18.3x RCMT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.2x 12.1x 15.2x RCMT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.1% +9.6% -3.5% RCMT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.2% 3.6% RCMT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 27.1% 21.3% RCMT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +105.8% +56.6% +15.1% KFRC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.4%/yr +42.7%/yr -6.5%/yr RCMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.9% 55.7% 49.9% TNET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 69/100 55/100 RCMT

Percentile Scorecard

KFRCRCMTTNET

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKFRCRCMTTNET
Valuation 41 #67 of 112 57 #49 of 112 86 #17 of 112
Growth 19 #78 of 96 66 #33 of 96 32 #66 of 96
Profitability – 90 #10 of 91 72 #26 of 91
Financial Health 50 #63 of 125 65 #45 of 125 27 #91 of 125
Shareholder Returns 46 #37 of 67 – 58 #29 of 67
Overall 39 69 55
  • KFRC ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • RCMT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services
  • TNET ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKFRCRCMTTNETSPY
1 month +10.8%-12.2%+10.0% -0.2%
3 months -2.5%+23.1%+4.7% +3.9%
6 months +24.4%+13.2%+71.2% +8.2%
Year to date +84.5%+73.7%+21.2% +12.9%
1 year +105.8%+56.6%+15.1% +12.3%
3 years +0.6%+81.3%-31.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +0.2%+22.0%-11.8% +23.3%
5 years -11.5%+491.0%-28.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -2.4%+42.7%-6.5% +10.9%
10 years +212.5%+408.2%+283.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year +12.1%+17.7%+14.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureKFRCRCMTTNETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.9%55.7%49.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.8%47.1%53.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.330.840.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.741.020.30 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.6%-63.1%-74.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6%-15.5%-5.4% -1.2%
52-week high $60.41$42.02$75.76 $779.14
52-week low $24.54$17.55$33.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKFRCRCMTTNET
P/E now vs peer median 23.4xmedian 21.2x 14.8xmedian 21.2x 18.8xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.9x 0.8xmedian 0.9x 0.7xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.9x —median 11.9x 9.1xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.2xmedian 13.7x —median 13.7x 11.4xmedian 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 2.4x 5.2xmedian 2.4x 26.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -6.50median 1.00 1.88median 1.00 -1.52median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKFRCRCMTTNET
Revenue $1.37B $328.75M $4.88B
Gross profit $380.57M $90.05M –
Operating income $61.83M $26.47M –
Net income – $17.05M $175.00M
Free cash flow – – $288.00M
R&D – – $70.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.41 $2.37 $3.80
Cash & equivalents $250.00K $6.59M $358.00M
Total debt – $113.61M $896.00M
Shares (diluted) 16.98M 7.19M 46.00M
Enterprise value $950.96M $236.81M $1.90B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKFRCRCMTTNET
P/E 23.4x 14.8x 18.8x
P/FCF 41.2x – 11.4x
P/Operating cash flow 45.4x – 8.9x
P/S 0.7x 0.8x 0.7x
P/B 7.5x 5.2x 26.3x
P/Tangible book 7.5x 5.2x -68.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 9.1x
EV/EBIT – 10.1x 12.7x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.8x 0.8x
EV/FCF – – 13.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 45.4x – 10.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.50 1.88 -1.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKFRCRCMTTNET
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.1% 9.6% -3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.8% 7.8% -0.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.6% 7.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -5.2% 6.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.3% 10.9% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -11.5% 4.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 25.5% 21.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% -19.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.3% 31.6% 29.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.6% 7.9% -12.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -64.7% – 16.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.0% – -5.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 19.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -8.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKFRCRCMTTNET
Gross margin – 27.4% –
EBITDA margin – – 8.7%
Operating margin – 8.1% –
Pretax margin – 7.1% 5.1%
Net margin – 5.2% 3.6%
FCF margin – – 5.9%
Operating cash flow margin 1.6% – 7.6%
Return on equity – 36.1% 168.3%
Return on assets – 12.7% 5.2%
Return on invested capital – 27.1% 21.3%
Return on capital employed – 32.3% 23.7%
Asset turnover 3.3x 2.4x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKFRCRCMTTNET
Debt / assets – 17.4% 26.8%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 7.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.3x
Debt / FCF – – 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 68.4% 63.6% 96.3%
Equity / assets 31.6% 36.4% 3.7%
Interest coverage – – 5.6x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.9x 1.1x
Quick ratio – 2.0x 0.4x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 5.51 2.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKFRCRCMTTNET
Dividend yield 2.8% – 1.6%
Net buyback yield – – 5.0%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 0.0% 6.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKFRCRCMTTNET
Forward P/E 22.2xFY2026 12.1xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.57FY2026 $2.94FY2026 $4.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.0%FY2026 +17.6%FY2026 -0.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.5% +11.6% -0.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.33BFY2026 $333.92MFY2026 $5.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.3%FY2026 +4.5%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.7% +10.7% -7.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKFRCRCMTTNET
Held by institutions 95.7% 39.2% 95.5%
Institutions holding 233 84 278
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +0.5% +0.3%
Institutions buying 136 41 157
Institutions selling 71 29 83
Buyers to sellers 1.92 1.41 1.89

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KFRCRCMTTNET
KFRC 1.00 0.05 0.47
RCMT 0.05 1.00 0.09
TNET 0.47 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KFRC, RCMT and TNET?

Trinet (TNET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kforce (KFRC) $950.96M, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) $253.10M, Trinet (TNET) $3.21B.

Which stock is cheaper, KFRC, RCMT and TNET?

Rcm Technologies (RCMT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kforce (KFRC) 23.3x, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 14.8x, Trinet (TNET) 18.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) is cheapest (Kforce (KFRC) 22.2x, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 12.1x, Trinet (TNET) 15.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Rcm Technologies (RCMT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kforce (KFRC) +2.1%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +9.6%, Trinet (TNET) -3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rcm Technologies (RCMT) has the highest net margin (Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 5.2%, Trinet (TNET) 3.6%). On return on invested capital, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) leads (Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 27.1%, Trinet (TNET) 21.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kforce (KFRC) returned the most: Kforce (KFRC) +105.8%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +56.6%, Trinet (TNET) +15.1%. Over five years, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) compounded fastest (Kforce (KFRC) -2.4%/yr, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) +42.7%/yr, Trinet (TNET) -6.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trinet (TNET) has been the steadiest (Kforce (KFRC) 60.9%, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) 55.7%, Trinet (TNET) 49.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KFRC, RCMT and TNET?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Rcm Technologies (RCMT) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.