KELYB vs. NSP, MAN, HSII, CCRN, KELYA, RCMT, TBI, RGP, HQI, and DLHC
Should you be buying Kelly Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelly Services include Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Kelly Services (KELYA), RCM Technologies (RCMT), TrueBlue (TBI), Resources Connection (RGP), HireQuest (HQI), and DLH (DLHC). These companies are all part of the "staffing" industry.
Kelly Services vs. Its Competitors
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Insperity has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Insperity pays out 226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kelly Services pays out -499.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insperity has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Insperity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Insperity has a net margin of 0.60% compared to Kelly Services' net margin of -0.14%. Insperity's return on equity of 35.32% beat Kelly Services' return on equity.
Insperity has higher revenue and earnings than Kelly Services. Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insperity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.4% of Insperity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Insperity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kelly Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Insperity presently has a consensus target price of $58.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.28%. Given Insperity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Insperity is more favorable than Kelly Services.
In the previous week, Insperity had 4 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Insperity and 1 mentions for Kelly Services. Insperity's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Kelly Services' score of 0.54 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Insperity beats Kelly Services on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:KELYB) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
