Kelly Services (KELYB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kelly Services, Inc. engages in staffing and workforce solutions. It operates through the following segments: Americas Staffing, Global Talent Solutions, and International Staffing. The Americas Staffing segment delivers temporary staffing, as well as direct-hire placement services, in a number of specialty staffing services, including office, education, marketing, electronic assembly, light industrial, science, engineering, and information technology in United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The Global Talent Solutions segment offers outsourcing, consulting, and centrally delivered staffing business. The International Staffing segment relates to branch-delivered staffing business in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, as well as in the Asia Pacific. The company was founded by William Russell Kelly on October 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.01 to $19.01
• 50-Day Range: $12.49 to $21.78
• 52-Week Range: $8.38 to $125.00
• Volume: 365 shs
• Average Volume: 41,314 shs
• Market Capitalization: $706.05 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.47%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Kelly Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kelly Services scored higher than 12% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 270th out of 297 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Kelly Services has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kelly Services has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kelly Services is -2.68, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kelly Services is -2.68, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kelly Services has a P/B Ratio of 0.80. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of Kelly Services has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kelly Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.36, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kelly Services has recently increased by 70.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Kelly Services pays a meaningful dividend of 1.42%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Kelly Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Kelly Services has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Kelly Services this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kelly Services insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

93.13% of the stock of Kelly Services is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.15% of the stock of Kelly Services is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/11 Dividend: 2/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/11 Dividend: 2/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/11/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Record date for 6/2 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/2 Dividend: 5/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/02/2026
• Today: 6/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Staffing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:KELYB
• CIK: 55135
• Web: www.kellyservices.com
• Phone: (248) 362-4444
• Fax: 248-362-2258
• Employees: 7,100
• Year Founded: 1946

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($7.60)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$254.10 million
• Net Margins: -6.44%
• Pretax Margin: -2.26%
• Return on Equity: 3.07%
• Return on Assets: 1.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13
• Current Ratio: 1.59
• Quick Ratio: 1.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.25 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.17
• Cash Flow: $5.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.02
• Book Value: $25.36 per share
• Price / Book: 0.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,670,000
• Free Float: 2,382,000
• Market Cap: $706.05 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.81