TBI vs. KELYA, HSON, TW, RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, and KFRC
Should you be buying TrueBlue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrueBlue include Kelly Services (KELYA), Hudson Global (HSON), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), and Kforce (KFRC). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.
TrueBlue vs.
Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) and TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Kelly Services has a net margin of -0.01% compared to TrueBlue's net margin of -8.02%. Kelly Services' return on equity of 6.56% beat TrueBlue's return on equity.
Kelly Services currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.68%. TrueBlue has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 102.82%. Given TrueBlue's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Kelly Services.
TrueBlue received 112 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.
76.3% of Kelly Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Kelly Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kelly Services has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrueBlue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kelly Services had 2 more articles in the media than TrueBlue. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kelly Services and 1 mentions for TrueBlue. TrueBlue's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Kelly Services' score of 1.33 indicating that TrueBlue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kelly Services has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueBlue has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TrueBlue beats Kelly Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TBI) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
