KELYB vs. BBSI, AMN, KFRC, CCRN, KELYA, TTEC, TBI, RCMT, ATLN, and HQI
Should you be buying Kelly Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelly Services include Barrett Business Services (BBSI), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Kforce (KFRC), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Kelly Services (KELYA), TTEC (TTEC), TrueBlue (TBI), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Atlantic International (ATLN), and HireQuest (HQI).
Kelly Services vs. Its Competitors
Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
86.8% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Barrett Business Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kelly Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Barrett Business Services had 2 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barrett Business Services and 0 mentions for Kelly Services. Barrett Business Services' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Kelly Services' score of 0.54 indicating that Barrett Business Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barrett Business Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kelly Services. Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barrett Business Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barrett Business Services has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Kelly Services' net margin of -0.46%. Barrett Business Services' return on equity of 24.55% beat Kelly Services' return on equity.
Barrett Business Services presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.13%. Given Barrett Business Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Barrett Business Services is more favorable than Kelly Services.
Barrett Business Services has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barrett Business Services received 259 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Barrett Business Services an outperform vote while only 67.19% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.
Barrett Business Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Barrett Business Services pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kelly Services pays out -499.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Barrett Business Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kelly Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Barrett Business Services beats Kelly Services on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:KELYB) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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