Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA)

NASDAQ: KELYA · USD

$16.4

-0.01 (-0.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	570.8M
Revenue (ttm)	4.1B
Net income (ttm)	-272.9M
EPS (ttm)	-$7.83
Shares out	34.7M
P/E (forward)	10.7x
Dividend	$0.30 (1.83%)
Volume	163,565
Beta	0.88

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 4.1B
Net income (ttm): -272.9M
EPS (ttm): -$7.83
P/E (forward): 10.7x
Market cap: 570.8M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E10.7

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ROE-24.3

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ROIC2.9

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000055135
Company name	Kelly Services, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	488152208
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	4,900
Employees change	-670
Employees growth	-12.03%
Enterprise value	$675.3M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-28
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1946
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Staffing & Employment Services
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US4881522084
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-12
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1993-06-14
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$570.8M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$16.44
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	7363
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	KELYA
U.S. state	Michigan
Website	https://www.kellyservices.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	22.21x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	41.83x
Earnings yield	-47.65%
EV/EBIT	21.28x
EV/EBITDA	9.31x
EV/FCF	32.8x
EV/Sales	0.17x
FCF / EV yield	3.05%
FCF yield	3.61%
Forward EV/Sales	0.16x
Forward P/E	10.7x
Forward P/S	0.14x
Industry forward P/E	15.71x
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	66.03x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	37.36x
P/B ratio	0.58x
P/FCF ratio	27.7x
P/OCF ratio	20.95x
P/S ratio	0.14x
PEG ratio	0.83x
Price / tangible book value	1x
Price/EBITDA ratio	7.87x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	0.78%
EBITDA margin	1.78%
FCF margin	0.5%
Gross margin	19.67%
Operating margin	0.78%
Pretax margin	-2.43%
Profit margin	-6.73%
Profit per employee	$-55,694
Profitable quarters	1
Revenue per employee	$829,204
ROA	0.82%
ROA (5Y)	1.49%
ROCE	2.23%
ROE	-24.32%
ROE (5Y)	-2.53%
ROIC	2.86%
ROIC (5Y)	4.86%
SBC / revenue	0.29%
Tax / revenue	4.3%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth (Q)	-40.39%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-80.5%
FCF growth (Q)	-48.93%
FCF growth 3Y	-17.57%
FCF growth 5Y	-13.69%
Gross profit growth	-13.6%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-5.99%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-6.74%
Gross profit growth 5Y	-1.44%
Net income growth (Q)	-40%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	-76.23%
OCF growth (Q)	-48.43%
OCF growth 10Y	-11.43%
OCF growth 3Y	-20.73%
OCF growth 5Y	-13.36%
Operating income growth	-56.71%
Operating income growth (Q)	-21.54%
Operating income growth 3Y	-16.97%
Operating income growth 5Y	-6.95%
Revenue growth	-9.63%
Revenue growth (Q)	-5.77%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-0.24%
Revenue growth 10Y	-3.05%
Revenue growth 3Y	-5.97%
Revenue growth 5Y	-3.05%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-6.6M
Depreciation and amortization	$40.6M
EBIT	$31.6M
EBITDA	$72.2M
EPS	$-7.83
FCF per share	$0.59
Financing cash flow	$-19.6M
Free cash flow	$20.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$8.6M
Gross profit	$799.4M
Income taxes	$174.8M
Investing cash flow	$-2.2M
Net borrowing	$3.8M
Net cash flow	$3.5M
Net income	$-272.9M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$15.2M
Operating income	$31.6M
Revenue	$4.1B
Stock-based compensation	$11.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.83
Book value per share	$28.32
Debt / EBITDA	1.4
Debt / equity	0.13
Debt / FCF	6.28
Goodwill	$202.1M
Interest coverage	3.51
Long-term assets	$984.2M
Long-term liabilities	$432.1M
Net cash (debt)	$-104.5M
Net cash / market cap	-18.4%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.45
Net debt / equity	0.11
Net debt / FCF	5.1
Piotroski F-Score	3
Property, plant and equipment	$53.5M
Shareholders' equity	$982M
Tangible book value	$568.4M
Tangible book value per share	$16.39
Total assets	$2.3B
Total cash	$24.2M
Total debt	$128.7M
Total liabilities	$1.3B
WACC	8.42%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.7
Current assets	$1.3B
Current liabilities	$866.6M
Current ratio	1.5
Net working capital	$416.5M
Quick ratio	1.44
Working capital	$429.9M
Working capital turnover	9.49

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.28%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	1.84%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	43.1%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-02
Dividend payment years	16
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.30
Dividend yield	1.83%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-19
FCF payout ratio	50.83%
Last dividend	$0.08
Shareholder yield	3.11%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-10.64%
10Y return CAGR	0.3%
10Y total return	3.03%
150-day SMA	$13.36
15Y price change	-2.68%
15Y return CAGR	1.2%
15Y total return	19.52%
1D price change	-0.09%
1M price change	-0.67%
1M total return	-0.67%
1W price change	3.48%
1W total return	3.48%
1Y price change	33.85%
1Y return CAGR	37.87%
1Y total return	37.84%
20-day SMA	$15.96
200-day SMA	$12.44
20Y price change	-43.1%
20Y return CAGR	-1.47%
20Y total return	-25.67%
3M price change	4.14%
3M total return	4.61%
3Y price change	-6.88%
3Y return CAGR	-0.2%
3Y total return	-0.61%
50-day SMA	$16.31
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$17.75
52-week high date	2026-08-06
52-week low	$7.98
52-week low date	2025-11-21
5Y price change	-10.05%
5Y return CAGR	-0.21%
5Y total return	-1.05%
6M price change	70.7%
6M total return	72.83%
All-time high	$38.75
All-time high date	1997-09-26
All-time low	$6.11
All-time low date	2009-03-06
Average true range (ATR)	$0.52
Average volume	306.7K
Beta (1Y)	0.64
Beta (2Y)	0.72
Beta (5Y)	0.88
Change from 52-week high	-7.41%
Change from 52-week low	105.95%
Change from all-time high	-57.75%
Change from all-time low	167.92%
Change from open	0.03%
Day's gap	-0.12%
Dollar volume	$2.7M
High price	$16.65
Low price	$16.32
Monthly RSI	56.83
Open price	$16.43
Position in 52-week range	34.85%
Previous close	$16.45
Price vs 150-day SMA	22.53%
Price vs 20-day SMA	2.54%
Price vs 200-day SMA	31.62%
Price vs 50-day SMA	0.4%
Relative volume	0.53
RSI	53.91
Sharpe ratio	0.89
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.07
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.06
Sortino ratio	1.37
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.24
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.23
Volume	163.6K
Weekly RSI	62.85
YTD price change	86.02%
YTD total return	89.87%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	29.5M
Float percentage	85.05%
Shares change (QoQ)	2.33%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.28%
Shares held by insiders	6.19%
Shares held by institutions	85.55%
Shares outstanding	34.7M
Short % of float	3.57%
Short % of shares	3.03%
Short ratio	3.7 days

Deeper analysis on KELYA

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA)

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