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$6.79 +0.27 (+4.14%)
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TBI vs. KELYA, HSON, TW, RHI, KFY, ASGN, NSP, 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), ASGN (ASGN), Insperity (NSP), 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. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, TrueBlue had 5 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TrueBlue and 2 mentions for Kelly Services. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat TrueBlue's score of 0.63 indicating that Kelly Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TrueBlue Positive
Kelly Services Positive

97.2% of TrueBlue shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kelly Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of TrueBlue shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Kelly Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

TrueBlue presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.28%. Kelly Services has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 108.68%. Given Kelly Services' higher possible 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

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%

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%

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$1.53B0.13-$14.17M-$4.59-1.48
Kelly Services$4.45B0.09-$600K-$0.60-19.97

TrueBlue has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TrueBlue and Kelly Services tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TBI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TBI vs. The Competition

MetricTrueBlueHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$202.78M$849.62M$14.25B$19.87B
Dividend YieldN/A3.07%2.60%3.83%
P/E Ratio-1.6332.1333.9935.60
Price / Sales0.130.54321.9643.81
Price / Cash2.488.8330.9317.51
Price / Book0.643.925.444.85
Net Income-$14.17M$40.82M$194.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance12.98%3.11%2.16%1.94%
1 Month Performance46.02%0.27%3.28%3.02%
1 Year Performance-36.12%-24.68%23.78%9.87%

TrueBlue Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TBI
TrueBlue
4.1131 of 5 stars
$6.79
+4.1%
$10.00
+47.3%
-38.2%$202.78M$1.53B-1.636,500
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.8461 of 5 stars
$12.06
+1.3%
$25.00
+107.3%
-42.9%$420.75M$4.45B-200.977,500Positive News
Short Interest ↓
HSON
Hudson Global
3.556 of 5 stars
$8.88
-0.8%
N/A-46.1%$24.43M$138.03M-7.721,300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
TW
Tradeweb Markets
3.7206 of 5 stars
$137.43
-1.9%
$149.77
+9.0%
+30.4%$32.49B$1.83B58.981,090Positive News
RHI
Robert Half
4.8028 of 5 stars
$44.49
+0.2%
$48.71
+9.5%
-30.8%$4.54B$5.67B18.23180,500
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.3866 of 5 stars
$69.77
-0.3%
$77.67
+11.3%
+10.1%$3.60B$2.74B14.9110,800Upcoming Earnings
ASGN
ASGN
2.854 of 5 stars
$54.32
+2.0%
$71.33
+31.3%
-41.3%$2.38B$4.02B14.1554,000
NSP
Insperity
4.8058 of 5 stars
$62.85
+0.1%
$80.00
+27.3%
-34.9%$2.36B$6.64B26.084,100Positive News
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9441 of 5 stars
$40.76
+0.4%
$57.50
+41.1%
-40.2%$1.89B$17.54B13.6330,900
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.4507 of 5 stars
$42.10
-0.4%
$45.00
+6.9%
+25.6%$1.08B$1.17B22.22127,100Positive News
HSII
Heidrick & Struggles International
3.6613 of 5 stars
$44.30
+0.4%
$48.00
+8.4%
+31.3%$913.51M$1.13B23.952,140

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This page (NYSE:TBI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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