Insperity Inc
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Assessment
Our Rating
A journalistic assessment by our editorial team at the time of the deep dive — it rates the company, not the entry point. Not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell.
The business works in principle, but one material question is open. As long as it stays open, our findings do not carry a quality verdict.
Why this colour
The business itself works: revenue rose again in 2025 to $6,812 million, client retention improved from 81 percent to 83 percent, equity is positive, all credit covenants were met at March 31, 2026, and the first quarter of 2026 was profitable with $33 million of net income. There is no substance finding in the sense of a going-concern warning, negative equity or a cash runway below four quarters. What is open is the decisive operating question: whether prices durably rise faster than health costs is not proven — one seasonally strong quarter with operating income below the prior year does not settle it. Add equity of only $67 million against $2,196 million of total assets, covenants loosened twice, a dividend not covered by 2025 earnings, and dependence on a single carrier that bears roughly 85 percent of health costs. This is the textbook case for yellow: a working business with an unproven turn. The share price does not determine this color. The decision is yours.
What the thesis turns on
Assessment: Opportunities & Risks
Insperity earns a narrow spread: in 2025, $45,565 million of gross billings ran through the books, $900 million remained as gross profit — and below it an operating loss of $10 million, the first in years. The cause is a gap the company quantifies itself: a 3 percent pricing increase against a 9 percent rise in benefits cost per covered employee. In the first quarter of 2026 that gap narrowed to 2.2 percentage points, yet operating income of $62 million still trailed the prior year's $68 million and worksite employees paid fell 1 percent — attributed in the filing to the company's own margin recovery efforts. The balance sheet carries only $67 million of equity, credit covenants were loosened twice in 2025, and the $90 million of dividends paid in 2025 was not covered by earnings. The chief executive bought roughly $12.6 million of stock between March and June 2026. Not investment advice.
Business model & market position
As co-employer for small and medium-sized U.S. companies, Insperity bundles workforces into a purchasing group for benefits — a value a forty-person shop cannot create alone. In 2025 it paid an average of 310,089 worksite employees per month and client retention rose from 81 percent to 83 percent. Revenue grew from $4,973 million in 2021 to $6,812 million in 2025 even though contracts are generally cancellable on 30 days notice.
Earnings power & margin break
Gross profit fell 14 percent to $900 million in 2025 and for the first time came in below operating expenses of $910 million. Operating income flipped from $250 million in 2022 through $117 million in 2024 to minus $10 million, and diluted earnings per share from $4.64 in 2022 to minus $0.19. The Form 10-K for 2025 gives the cause: a 3 percent pricing increase against a 6 percent rise in direct costs per worksite employee, driven by a 9 percent increase in benefits cost per participant.
Progress of the turn
In the first quarter of 2026 benefits cost per covered employee rose only 5.2 percent against an unchanged 3 percent pricing increase — the gap narrowed from 6 to 2.2 percentage points. Operating income of $62 million nonetheless trailed the prior-year quarter's $68 million, including $9 million of restructuring charges. Worksite employees paid fell 1 percent, which the filing attributes in part to the company's own margin recovery efforts.
Balance sheet & funding
At March 31, 2026, stockholders equity of $67 million sits within total assets of $2,196 million (about 3 percent), with $369 million drawn on the revolving facility. Of $555 million in cash and marketable securities, roughly $415 million was payable in April 2026 as taxes and payroll deductions and $104 million was client prepayments. In December 2025 lenders raised the leverage ceiling from 3.00 to 3.75; during 2025 dividends were carved out of the interest coverage covenant. All covenants were met at the reporting date.
Concentration risks
Roughly 85 percent of health insurance costs run through the UnitedHealthcare policy; an amendment dated November 3, 2025, extends it through 2028 and allows the per-participant exposure cap of $500,000 elected for 2026. At the same time the sales force shrank in 2025 from an average of 769 advisors to 612, while roughly 17 percent of the client base has to be replaced every year.
Valuation & market picture
A market capitalization of roughly $1.85 billion (38,169,182 shares at $48.35, as of July 24, 2026) equals about 0.27 times annual revenue; no price-to-earnings ratio can be formed for 2025. Measured against the $124 million to $179 million of net income earned between 2021 and 2023, the multiple would be between 10 and 15. The average analyst price target of $43.75 sits below the closing price, and short interest runs at about 12.4 percent of the float.
Worth Noting
Insperity reached the research list through our in-house stock scanner "Turnaround Candidates": rank 19 of 62 U.S. hits, turnaround check 7 of 8, as of July 25, 2026. These lists are recalculated daily — rank and score are a dated snapshot. The two mandatory pillars are a distance of at least 50 percent from the all-time high and an Altman Z score of at least 1.1 with positive equity. Pillar 2 is comfortably met at 4.05; pillar 1 is the tight one: the dividend-adjusted all-time high of July 26, 2019, stands at roughly $116, half of which is about $58. If the price rises above that threshold — roughly 20 percent above the July 24, 2026, close of $48.35 — the stock leaves the list without anything changing in the business.
The fiscal year matches the calendar year. The most recent periodic report is the Form 10-Q for March 31, 2026 (filed May 1, 2026); afterwards, through the data date of July 26, 2026, only a Form 8-K dated May 20, 2026, covering officer matters and annual meeting results (Items 5.02/5.07), Form 4 insider filings and Schedule 13G ownership filings were submitted. The report for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, was not yet available.
Price and valuation figures are dated anchors, not buy arguments: a closing price of $48.35 on July 24, 2026, and a market capitalization of roughly $1.85 billion, calculated on the 38,169,182 shares from the quarterly report cover page dated April 23, 2026. The first quarter is Insperity's seasonally strongest because U.S. payroll tax bases reset at the start of the year — extrapolating a first quarter to the full year reliably misleads.
As of July 26, 2026, no acquisition, merger or take-private process is pending; there is no Form S-4, no SC 13E3, no Form 25 and no Schedule 13D. The two Form 15-12B filings of December 8, 2017, and May 26, 2021, cover other classes of securities — the 2021 filing expressly names rights to purchase preferred stock and states that the reporting duty for the common stock remains.
Risk of confusion: on the New York Stock Exchange the ticker NSP stands for Insperity, Inc., not for a network or utility operator. The former name Administaff, Inc. appears in documents up to March 1, 2011. Operating cash flow is no quality metric at a payroll processor: the swing from plus $520 million in 2024 to minus $278 million in 2025 largely follows where payroll dates fall around the balance sheet date.
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Price history
Chart
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52-week range: 19.90 $ to 54.00 $ · Last price: 50.00 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)
Key figures
Key figures at a glance
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Basics
Performance
Technical Indicators
Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026
Valuation
Profitability
Balance Sheet & Safety
Growth
Dividend
Quality & Screener
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Comparison
Industry comparison
The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.
Industry: Staffing & Employment Services
| Company | Market cap ($B) | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross Margin % | EBIT Margin % | Sales Growth (Year) % | Perf. 1Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insperity Inc NSP | 1.8 | – | 27.7 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| Korn Ferry KFY | 4.0 | 14.8 | 7.9 | 24.7 | 14.7 | 6.4 | 9.8 |
| Robert Half International Inc RHI | 3.8 | – | 44.3 | 36.8 | 2.8 | -7.2 | 16.5 |
| TriNet Group Inc TNET | 3.1 | 21.0 | 9.9 | 17.7 | 11.2 | -0.9 | 1.7 |
| ManpowerGroup Inc MAN | 2.6 | – | 9.7 | 16.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 60.2 |
| Kforce Inc. KFRC | 0.9 | 25.9 | 17.7 | 27.7 | – | -5.4 | 79.8 |
| Barrett Business Services Inc BBSI | 0.8 | 22.9 | 11.2 | 20.6 | – | 8.4 | -27.7 |
| Kelly Services B Inc KELYB | 0.8 | – | 13.9 | 19.7 | 1.9 | -1.9 | 64.5 |
| Kelly Services A Inc KELYA | 0.5 | – | 13.9 | 19.7 | – | -1.9 | 20.0 |
| Median of companies shown | 1.8 | 22.0 | 13.9 | 19.7 | 3.1 | -0.9 | 16.5 |
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Fiscal years
Annual Figures
Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.
Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M
Revenue Operating income Net income
| Fiscal Year | Revenue ($M) | EBIT ($M) | Net Income ($M) | EPS ($) | Operating Cash Flow ($M) | Equity ($M) | Total Assets ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,941 | 106 | 66 | 1.58 | 133 | 61 | 907 |
| 2017 | 3,300 | 130 | 84 | 2.05 | 204 | 66 | 1,064 |
| 2018 | 3,829 | 179 | 135 | 3.27 | 184 | 78 | 1,192 |
| 2019 | 4,315 | 187 | 151 | 3.74 | 205 | 4 | 1,395 |
| 2020 | 4,287 | 195 | 138 | 3.56 | 346 | 44 | 1,584 |
| 2021 | 4,973 | 173 | 124 | 3.19 | 260 | -2 | 1,753 |
| 2022 | 5,939 | 250 | 179 | 4.64 | 348 | 81 | 2,039 |
| 2023 | 6,486 | 219 | 171 | 4.46 | 198 | 94 | 2,120 |
| 2024 | 6,581 | 117 | 91 | 2.39 | 520 | 97 | 2,597 |
| 2025 | 6,812 | -10 | -7 | -0.18 | -278 | 46 | 2,203 |
Quarters
Quarterly Figures
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Revenue & Profit
Cash Flow
Balance Sheet
Margins
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Source: fundamental data
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | -0.22 | -142.30 | 1,613 | 2.10 | -0.60 | 619 | 606 |
| 2025: Q1 | 1.34 | -35.40 | 1,863 | 3.40 | 2.70 | -443 | -449 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.14 | -129.20 | 1,658 | 3.30 | -0.30 | -79 | -86 |
| 2025: Q3 | -0.53 | -766.70 | 1,623 | 4.00 | -1.20 | -11 | -20 |
| 2025: Q4 | -0.88 | – | 1,668 | 3.40 | -2.00 | 255 | 246 |
| 2026: Q1 | 0.88 | -34.80 | 1,895 | 1.70 | 1.70 | -67 | -73 |
| 2026: Q2 | 0.10 | 171.40 | 1,686 | 1.70 | 0.20 | 48 | 41 |
What Do These Terms Mean?
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Screening
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Outlook
Analysts & Price Target
Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.
Distribution of Recommendations
Estimates by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | EPS Estimate ($) | EPS Range ($) | Revenue Estimate ($M) | Expected Growth | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2026 | 2.11 | 2.05 – 2.19 | 6,907 | 105.2% | 5 |
| 12/31/2027 | 2.70 | 2.25 – 3.00 | 7,202 | 27.7% | 5 |
Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.
Valuation
What is priced in?
Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.
Today’s market value implies roughly -8.4% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).
| Free cash flow (last twelve months) | $275.0M |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $1.76B |
| Free cash flow in year ten | $114.9M |
| Terminal value as a share of market value | 34.5% |
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A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.
AI classification
AI Rating
Insperity setzt KI operativ ein — im Geschäftsbericht 10-K für 2025 nennt das Unternehmen selbst entwickelte KI-gestützte Werkzeuge für die eigenen Servicemitarbeiter und den Wettbewerbszwang, KI in die eigenen Lösungen zu bringen; eine eigene KI-Umsatzquelle wird in keinem der geprüften Berichte ausgewiesen.
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„We have developed AI-based technologies to assist our service personnel in addressing client needs and are working to expand certain AI-based tools for our clients and WSEEs."
Wir haben KI-gestützte Technologien entwickelt, die unser Servicepersonal bei der Bearbeitung von Kundenanliegen unterstützen, und arbeiten daran, bestimmte KI-gestützte Werkzeuge auf unsere Kunden und die bei ihnen beschäftigten Mitarbeiter auszuweiten.
10-K · 2026-02-11 · View SEC filing
„Further, in order to effectively compete in this environment, we must identify and predict trends, and adapt our technology and service offerings accordingly, including by leveraging AI in our solutions."
Um in diesem Umfeld wirksam bestehen zu können, müssen wir außerdem Trends erkennen und vorhersagen und unsere Technologie und unser Leistungsangebot entsprechend anpassen — auch dadurch, dass wir KI in unseren Lösungen nutzen.
10-K · 2026-02-11 · View SEC filing
„These costs are further impacted by a number of factors, including coverage options elected by employees, macro-economic changes, proposed and enacted regulatory changes, wide-spread health-related outbreaks, increased utilization of new pharmaceuticals, and the use of AI-based billing solutions by healthcare providers."
Diese Kosten werden zusätzlich von mehreren Faktoren beeinflusst, darunter die von den Beschäftigten gewählten Versicherungsoptionen, gesamtwirtschaftliche Veränderungen, geplante und beschlossene Regeländerungen, großflächige Krankheitsausbrüche, die stärkere Nutzung neuer Arzneimittel und der Einsatz KI-gestützter Abrechnungslösungen durch Leistungserbringer im Gesundheitswesen.
10-K · 2026-02-11 · View SEC filing
Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-05-01 · 10-K 2026-02-11 · 10-Q 2025-11-04 · 10-Q 2025-08-01 · 10-Q 2025-04-29 · 10-K 2025-02-11
Rated on July 26, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built
Growth
Growth Score
Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.
- Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 4.7%
- More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 5.1%
- Share count grows by less than 3% a year -0.5%
- Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") -1.0%
- Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 13.2%
- Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 0.6%
- Net debt below twice EBITDA 225 m net cash
- Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 185 m
- Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago -1.7%
- Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 6.3%
A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail
Quality check
AAQS
2/10The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).
- Sales growth 10Y > 5% 9.8%
- Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 2.8%
- EBIT growth 10Y > 5% –
- Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 2.8%
- Net debt < 4x EBIT –
- EBIT positive, 10Y straight 9
- Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
- Return on equity > 15% -35.0%
- ROCE > 15% -1.7%
- Expected return > 10% -15.3%
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Source: fundamental data
Insiders
Insider Transactions
Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.
| Date | Person | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Sarvadi Paul J | Chairman of the Board & CEO | Other | 7,500 | 0.00 | – |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Sarvadi Paul J | Chairman of the Board & CEO | Other | 30,000 | 0.00 | – |
The company
About the Company
Insperity, Inc. beschäftigt sich mit der Bereitstellung von Personal- (HR) und Geschäftslösungen zur Verbesserung der Geschäftsleistung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen hauptsächlich in den USA.
- CEO Insider Trades (12 Mo.)
- selling own stock
- Employees
- 304,407
- Headquarters
- Kingwood, TX
- Address
- 19001 Crescent Springs Drive, 77339 Kingwood, United States
- Phone
- 281 358 8986
- Website
- insperity.com
- IPO Date
- 01/28/1997
- ISIN
- US45778Q1076
- Stock Split
- 2:1 on 12/19/2017
- Stock Split
- 2:1 on 10/17/2000
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| Paul J. Sarvadi | Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO | 1957 |
| Arthur A. Steve Arizpe | President & COO | 1958 |
| James D. Allison CPA | Executive VP of Finance, CFO & Treasurer | 1969 |
| Christian P. Callens | Senior VP of Legal, General Counsel & Secretary | 1972 |
| Sean P. Duffy | Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting | – |
| Thomas P. Gearty | Senior Vice President of Corporate Development | – |
| Laura Wilbanks | Senior Vice President of Marketing & Business Development | 1968 |
| Keith Simmons | Senior Vice President of Sales | – |
| JaNette Connell | Senior Vice President of Corporate Human Resources | – |
| Kathryn A. Johnson | Executive Vice President of Strategic Development | 1958 |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
Filings
Company Filings (8-K)
An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- 07/29/2026 INSPERITY, INC. (NSP): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗
Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.