Is Insperity (NSP) stock Halal?

Insperity is a professional services company specializing in providing human resources and business solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Its primary function is to deliver comprehensive HR offerings such as payroll administration, employee benefits, talent management, and HR compliance assistance. The company's services are designed to help businesses streamline operations, enhance productivity, and manage the intricacies of workforce management effectively. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Insperity stock Halal?

Is Insperity Shariah compliant?

No. In the October 2026 screening Insperity (NSP) does not pass AAOIFI screening: it fails the non-permissible income and interest-bearing investments screens. Industrial businesses like Insperity usually pass the activity screen without drama. The harder test is financial: heavy assets mean heavy financing, and AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 tolerates interest bearing debt and investments only below 30% of market capitalisation, ratios that shift with every move in the share price.

Does Insperity pass the business activity test?

The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Insperity currently fails the non-permissible income and interest-bearing investments screens, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. The activity itself raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the financing.

Is Insperity's income Halal?

No. Insperity's income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.

Does Insperity meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?

Not in full. Interest bearing investments currently exceed the 30% cap, measured against a market capitalisation of $1.78B (market data as of 1 October 2026), while the other ratio stays within it. One breach is enough to fail the screening; the ratios are reassessed monthly under our Shariah Supervisory Board.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for Insperity?

Screeners can disagree without either being wrong. AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21, which Tabadulat applies, measures interest bearing debt and investments against market capitalisation with a 30% ceiling. MSCI and FTSE measure them against total assets with a 33% ceiling, and S&P and Dow Jones Islamic use a multi year average of market capitalisation. Data dates differ too, because each provider reads filings and prices on its own schedule. The same company can therefore pass one standard and fail another in the same month. Tabadulat publishes one answer, the AAOIFI result as of October 2026, and re-screens it every month.

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