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Kelly Services (KELYA) Competitors

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$13.96 -0.12 (-0.85%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KELYA vs. CCRN, TTEC, HQI, SRT, KFRC, BBSI, HSII, TBI, HSON, and TW

Should you be buying Kelly Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelly Services include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), TTEC (TTEC), HireQuest (HQI), Startek (SRT), Kforce (KFRC), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), TrueBlue (TBI), Hudson Global (HSON), and Tradeweb Markets (TW).

Kelly Services vs.

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Kelly Services has a net margin of 0.97% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.12%. Kelly Services' return on equity of 6.93% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare-0.12% 5.38% 3.84%
Kelly Services 0.97%6.93%3.43%

Cross Country Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kelly Services. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelly Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$2.02B0.17$72.63M-$0.05-204.16
Kelly Services$4.84B0.10$36.40M$1.1512.14

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Kelly Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cross Country Healthcare received 251 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cross Country HealthcareOutperform Votes
471
65.06%
Underperform Votes
253
34.94%
Kelly ServicesOutperform Votes
220
55.98%
Underperform Votes
173
44.02%

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 81.19%. Kelly Services has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.08%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Kelly Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Kelly Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Kelly Services had 6 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kelly Services and 5 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Kelly Services' score of 0.23 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kelly Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Cross Country Healthcare beats Kelly Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KELYA vs. The Competition

MetricKelly ServicesHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$497.12M$1.20B$6.93B$8.81B
Dividend Yield2.08%2.99%2.92%4.07%
P/E Ratio12.1429.1145.1417.50
Price / Sales0.100.67205.9889.08
Price / Cash3.868.5224.3332.51
Price / Book0.393.795.084.68
Net Income$36.40M$69.89M$120.66M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-10.97%-3.99%-1.14%-2.04%
1 Month Performance-30.79%-6.64%8.15%0.04%
1 Year Performance-33.40%-27.64%29.53%24.47%

Kelly Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9596 of 5 stars
$13.96
-0.9%
$25.00
+79.1%
-33.4%$504.23M$4.84B12.143,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6212 of 5 stars
$10.21
-1.5%
$18.50
+81.2%
-52.3%$341.35M$1.45B-204.2010,831Short Interest ↓
TTEC
TTEC
3.5241 of 5 stars
$4.48
+4.4%
$11.90
+165.6%
-75.7%$204.76M$2.46B0.0060,000Options Volume
HQI
HireQuest
3.6796 of 5 stars
$14.48
-1.3%
$18.50
+27.8%
-3.7%$202.72M$36.28M131.6473,000Analyst Revision
SRT
Startek
N/A$4.42
flat
N/AN/A$178.35M$385.07M-8.3433,000Analyst Forecast
KFRC
Kforce
3.2888 of 5 stars
$57.98
+0.2%
$66.67
+15.0%
-12.6%$1.10B$1.53B19.951,800Positive News
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.6696 of 5 stars
$42.35
+1.8%
$41.67
-1.6%
+53.1%$1.08B$1.12B22.41130,513Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
2.5578 of 5 stars
$44.99
+0.4%
$42.00
-6.6%
+62.0%$918.25M$1.04B24.322,212
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5249 of 5 stars
$6.86
+1.6%
$11.50
+67.6%
-50.7%$199.52M$1.91B0.005,000Positive News
HSON
Hudson Global
1.1402 of 5 stars
$14.44
+0.3%
N/A-7.4%$39.42M$161.34M-12.521,050Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TW
Tradeweb Markets
4.3666 of 5 stars
$135.00
+0.4%
$132.38
-1.9%
+44.5%$31.76B$1.34B64.591,179

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This page (NASDAQ:KELYA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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