NASDAQ:KELYA - Kelly Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kelly Services trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KELYA."

Kelly Services announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. View Kelly Services' Dividend History.

Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The business services provider reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.14. The business services provider earned $1.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.35 billion. Kelly Services had a return on equity of 6.90% and a net margin of 2.10%. The firm's revenue was down 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. View Kelly Services' Earnings History.

Kelly Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kelly Services.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kelly Services' stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Kelly Services' stock price to reach $28.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kelly Services.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kelly Services in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kelly Services.

News stories about KELYA stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kelly Services earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kelly Services.

Kelly Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 996,300 shares, an increase of 15.9% from the December 31st total of 859,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 137,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.2 days. Approximately 3.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kelly Services' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kelly Services investors own include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), Zynga (ZNGA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Intel (INTC), Quantum (QTM), AT&T (T), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Booking (BKNG) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Kelly Services' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (2.78%), State Street Corp (2.59%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.79%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.28%) and Walthausen & Co. LLC (1.01%). Company insiders that own Kelly Services stock include Bhupendra C Shah, George S Corona, Gerald S Adolph, James Polehna, Olivier Thirot and Teresa Carroll. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kelly Services.

KELYA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mackay Shields LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Credit Suisse AG, LSV Asset Management and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold Kelly Services company stock in the last year include Bhupendra C Shah, George S Corona, James Polehna, Olivier Thirot and Teresa Carroll. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kelly Services.

KELYA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Walthausen & Co. LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Schroder Investment Management Group, TD Asset Management Inc. and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have bought Kelly Services stock in the last two years include Gerald S Adolph and James Polehna. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kelly Services.

Shares of KELYA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KELYA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.93.

Kelly Services has a market capitalization of $662.25 million and generates $5.36 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $112.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.16 on an earnings per share basis. Kelly Services employs 440,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kelly Services.

The official website for Kelly Services is http://www.kellyservices.com/.

Kelly Services' mailing address is 999 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI, 48084. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 248-362-4444.