KELYA PEER ANALYSIS

Kelly Services A Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

KELYAKelly Services A Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Staffing & Employment Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

KELYAIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	KELYA	EGPRO	NEL	EXPN	MEGMT	ULUSE	Ind. Median
P/E	—	15.27	—	21.90	11.13●	27.69	24.32
P/B	0.46●	2.04	1.14	5.84	4.32	22.94	2.68
EV/EBITDA	—	6.31●	—	12.23	17.07	29.47	11.39
P/S	0.11●	1.52	4.49	3.86	0.76	2.52	0.58

Financial Health
Metric	KELYA	EGPRO	NEL	EXPN	MEGMT	ULUSE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.59	1.41	4.41●	0.85	1.07	1.06	1.57
Debt/Equity	19.0%	8.0%●	—	100.4%	149.4%	195.2%	50.9%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-4.95●	-0.17	—	1.69	3.44	1.74	-1.14

Profitability
Metric	KELYA	EGPRO	NEL	EXPN	MEGMT	ULUSE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-6.4%	10.0%	-128.6%	17.6%●	6.8%	9.1%	2.5%
ROE	-24.1%	15.8%	-27.9%	27.9%	42.4%	140.0%●	10.0%
ROA	-11.0%	8.6%	-22.4%	10.9%	13.4%●	12.7%	4.6%
EBITDA Margin	-0.8%	23.5%	—	36.6%●	5.6%	9.1%	4.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	KELYA	EGPRO	NEL	EXPN	MEGMT	ULUSE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-7.3%	7.0%	-24.7%	8.2%	8.4%	39.1%●	0.0%
NI Growth	—	32.3%	—	23.0%	207.8%●	—	-13.4%
Div. Yield	2.3%	2.8%●	—	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	2.9%
Payout	-4.1%	43.5%	—	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%

Valuation
Metric	KELYA	KFRC	BBSI	TBI	HQI	NSP	Ind. Median
P/E	—	25.31	23.33●	—	27.19	—	24.32
P/B	0.46●	7.46	4.61	0.79	2.64	25.53	2.68
EV/EBITDA	—	18.66	9.86●	—	—	28.31	11.39
P/S	0.11●	0.66	0.76	0.12	5.98	0.25	0.58

Financial Health
Metric	KELYA	KFRC	BBSI	TBI	HQI	NSP	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.59	1.79	1.16	2.09	2.69●	1.09	1.57
Debt/Equity	19.0%	91.5%	12.4%●	50.9%	—	641.8%	50.9%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-4.95●	2.01	-2.46	-4.78	—	-2.23	-1.14

Profitability
Metric	KELYA	KFRC	BBSI	TBI	HQI	NSP	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-6.4%	2.6%	3.2%	-3.2%	22.0%●	-0.4%	2.5%
ROE	-24.1%	27.1%●	19.4%	-19.1%	9.8%	-26.9%	10.0%
ROA	-11.0%	9.2%●	5.2%	-8.1%	7.1%	-1.2%	4.6%
EBITDA Margin	-0.8%	4.0%	6.1%	-1.4%	34.2%●	0.8%	4.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	KELYA	KFRC	BBSI	TBI	HQI	NSP	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-7.3%	-3.9%	7.1%	7.1%●	-11.8%	3.0%	0.0%
NI Growth	—	-27.3%	-22.0%	—	91.1%●	—	-13.4%
Div. Yield	2.3%	3.1%	0.9%	—	1.8%	5.5%●	2.9%
Payout	-4.1%	78.8%	19.9%	—	51.6%	-360.0%	33.3%

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