KELYB vs. MAN, HSII, KELYA, CCRN, RCMT, RGP, TBI, HQI, DLHC, and NIXX
Should you be buying Kelly Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelly Services include ManpowerGroup (MAN), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), Kelly Services (KELYA), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), RCM Technologies (RCMT), Resources Connection (RGP), TrueBlue (TBI), HireQuest (HQI), DLH (DLHC), and Nixxy (NIXX). These companies are all part of the "staffing" industry.
Kelly Services vs. Its Competitors
Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) and ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
ManpowerGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Kelly Services. Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ManpowerGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kelly Services has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ManpowerGroup has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ManpowerGroup has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Kelly Services' net margin of -0.14%. ManpowerGroup's return on equity of 7.98% beat Kelly Services' return on equity.
ManpowerGroup has a consensus price target of $48.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.33%. Given ManpowerGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ManpowerGroup is more favorable than Kelly Services.
Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ManpowerGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Kelly Services pays out -499.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ManpowerGroup pays out -378.9% 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.
In the previous week, ManpowerGroup had 11 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ManpowerGroup and 1 mentions for Kelly Services. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat ManpowerGroup's score of 0.37 indicating that Kelly Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.2% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 93.1% of Kelly Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of ManpowerGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ManpowerGroup beats Kelly Services on 10 of the 17 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 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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