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Robert Half's (RHI) Protiviti Snaps Up IAM Firm Identropy

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Robert Half International Inc. (RHI - Free Report) shares have gained 20.2% over the past three months, outperforming the 15.3% rally of the Zacks S&P 500 composite.

The company’s wholly owned subsidiary Protiviti yesterday announced the acquisition of Texas-based security consulting company Identropy. Financial terms of the transaction have been kept under wraps.

Founded in 2006, Identropy provides advisory, implementation and managed services for identity and access management (“IAM”) and access governance solutions. The company with its team of 40 employees is now part of Protiviti’s Security and Privacy practice.

Buyout Enhances Protiviti’s IAM Potential

The acquisition adds IAM capabilities and strengthens Protiviti’s ability to deliver identity-centric cybersecurity services capable of tackling enterprise customers’ security challenges.

Ron Lefferts, managing director and global leader of Technology Consulting, Protiviti, said, “The combination of Identropy and Protiviti’s extensive knowledge and expertise will help corporate security teams that are already stretched thin to simplify, fortify and run their identity programs effectively.”

About Protiviti

The company is a global provider of risk consulting, internal audit and information technology consulting services. It currently has a strong market position and is a double-digit margin performer.

Protiviti’s revenues in the third quarter of 2020 came in at $321 million, up 4% year over year. Gross margin was 27.1% of revenues.

Zacks Rank and Stocks to Consider

Robert Half currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Some better-ranked stocks in the broader Zacks Business Services sector are Automatic Data Processing (ADP - Free Report) , Gartner, Inc. (IT - Free Report) and Insperity (NSP - Free Report) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

The long-term expected earnings per share (three to five years) growth rate for Automatic Data Processing, Gartner and Insperity is 12%, 13.5% and 15%, respectively.

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