# Kelly Services Inc. (KELYB) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Industrials / Professional Services. Price $23.27, market value $808 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Kelly Services Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.2×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 2.5%** (5-yr avg 9.6%). Free cash flow equals 2.5% of the market value, below its five-year average of 9.6%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 19.7%**. Kelly Services Inc. keeps 19.7% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: -2.3%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -6.0%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -26.0%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -6.9%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -6.9%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -12.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces -12.1% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -1.9%** (3-yr -5.0%/yr, 5-yr -1.2%/yr). Revenue fell 1.9% over the last year, against -1.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.10**. Debt is 0.10 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: net cash**. Kelly Services Inc. holds more cash than debt.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.29%** ($0.30 per share, trailing). Kelly Services Inc. yields 1.29%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 32.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has compounded at 32.0% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 2 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 72.7%** (YTD 169.6%, 3-mo 21.0%). The shares are up 72.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -81.4%** (177.6% above the low). Trading 81% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 51**. An RSI of 51 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -2.26** (volatility 266%). Beta of -2.26 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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