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TBI vs. KELYA, HSON, TW, RHI, KFY, NSP, ASGN, MAN, BBSI, and HSII

Should you be buying TrueBlue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TrueBlue include Kelly Services (KELYA), Hudson Global (HSON), Tradeweb Markets (TW), Robert Half (RHI), Korn Ferry (KFY), Insperity (NSP), ASGN (ASGN), ManpowerGroup (MAN), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), and Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII). These companies are all part of the "human resource & employment services" industry.

TrueBlue vs.

TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Kelly Services has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TrueBlue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TrueBlue$1.53B0.11-$14.17M-$4.59-1.24
Kelly Services$4.45B0.09-$600K-$0.60-19.77

TrueBlue received 110 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TrueBlueOutperform Votes
334
62.20%
Underperform Votes
203
37.80%
Kelly ServicesOutperform Votes
224
56.28%
Underperform Votes
174
43.72%

TrueBlue presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.21%. Kelly Services has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 110.79%. Given Kelly Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kelly Services is more favorable than TrueBlue.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TrueBlue
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kelly Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

97.2% of TrueBlue shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of TrueBlue shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Kelly Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Kelly Services had 12 more articles in the media than TrueBlue. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kelly Services and 5 mentions for TrueBlue. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat TrueBlue's score of 0.18 indicating that Kelly Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TrueBlue
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kelly Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kelly Services has a net margin of -0.01% compared to TrueBlue's net margin of -8.02%. Kelly Services' return on equity of 6.56% beat TrueBlue's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TrueBlue-8.02% -3.90% -1.87%
Kelly Services -0.01%6.56%3.22%

TrueBlue has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kelly Services beats TrueBlue on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TBI vs. The Competition

MetricTrueBlueHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$169.48M$857.56M$16.37B$19.41B
Dividend YieldN/A3.37%2.49%3.83%
P/E Ratio-1.3631.0432.2034.23
Price / Sales0.110.53266.8334.85
Price / Cash2.488.8331.5317.51
Price / Book0.533.975.284.69
Net Income-$14.17M$40.82M$195.26M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.48%-0.84%-0.94%-1.34%
1 Month Performance34.48%10.55%17.47%9.79%
1 Year Performance-48.60%-31.07%14.62%3.27%

TrueBlue Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TBI
TrueBlue
3.7871 of 5 stars
$5.62
-1.0%
$10.00
+78.1%
-48.6%$167.48M$1.53B-1.356,500
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.508 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.2%
$25.00
+102.4%
-46.7%$430.87M$4.45B-205.807,500Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
HSON
Hudson Global
2.5542 of 5 stars
$10.01
-1.9%
N/A-40.6%$27.54M$140.06M-8.701,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TW
Tradeweb Markets
3.5113 of 5 stars
$141.55
-4.0%
$149.77
+5.8%
+30.6%$33.43B$1.83B60.751,090Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
RHI
Robert Half
4.465 of 5 stars
$48.21
+7.6%
$48.71
+1.0%
-33.7%$4.93B$5.67B19.76180,500Analyst Revision
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.3425 of 5 stars
$67.95
+2.9%
$75.67
+11.4%
+3.5%$3.51B$2.74B14.5210,800Positive News
NSP
Insperity
4.1998 of 5 stars
$69.06
+4.8%
$89.67
+29.8%
-35.3%$2.60B$6.64B28.664,100Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
3.047 of 5 stars
$58.28
+4.6%
$74.40
+27.7%
-44.9%$2.56B$4.02B15.1854,000
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.975 of 5 stars
$44.17
+6.7%
$57.50
+30.2%
-42.4%$2.04B$17.54B14.7730,900News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
3.9518 of 5 stars
$41.45
+2.5%
$41.67
+0.5%
+33.3%$1.06B$1.17B21.87127,100
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
4.0109 of 5 stars
$43.26
+2.1%
$48.00
+11.0%
+21.0%$892.06M$1.13B23.382,140Positive News

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