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

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 Kforce (KFRC). 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

TrueBlue presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 168.07%. Kelly Services has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 116.45%. Given TrueBlue's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Kelly Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TrueBlue
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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

In the previous week, TrueBlue had 2 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TrueBlue and 10 mentions for Kelly Services. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat TrueBlue's score of 0.61 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kelly Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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$1.57B0.08-$14.17M-$4.16-1.03
Kelly Services$4.33B0.09-$600K-$0.06-192.50

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%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

TrueBlue has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TrueBlue received 112 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TrueBlueOutperform Votes
334
62.20%
Underperform Votes
203
37.80%
Kelly ServicesOutperform Votes
222
56.20%
Underperform Votes
173
43.80%

Summary

TrueBlue beats Kelly Services on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TBI vs. The Competition

MetricTrueBlueHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$127.91M$852.41M$7.13B$18.79B
Dividend YieldN/A3.87%2.63%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.0330.8330.7932.61
Price / Sales0.080.50161.2428.44
Price / Cash2.488.8331.5117.53
Price / Book0.404.104.844.45
Net Income-$14.17M$40.82M$195.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.85%2.31%17.10%3.47%
1 Month Performance-26.31%-10.78%0.92%-4.83%
1 Year Performance-59.18%-37.14%14.66%4.62%

TrueBlue Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TBI
TrueBlue
3.8617 of 5 stars
$4.29
-4.0%
$11.50
+168.1%
-59.2%$127.91M$1.57B-1.036,500News Coverage
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.5898 of 5 stars
$11.05
-1.2%
$25.00
+126.2%
-50.8%$385.51M$4.33B-184.147,500News Coverage
Positive News
HSON
Hudson Global
3.4466 of 5 stars
$9.50
+1.1%
N/A-40.8%$26.13M$140.06M-8.261,300Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TW
Tradeweb Markets
4.4587 of 5 stars
$129.46
-3.7%
$149.00
+15.1%
+32.8%$30.57B$1.73B55.561,090Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
RHI
Robert Half
4.8246 of 5 stars
$45.14
-0.6%
$64.92
+43.8%
-36.6%$4.60B$5.80B18.50180,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KFY
Korn Ferry
4.2572 of 5 stars
$59.60
-1.8%
$75.67
+27.0%
+1.1%$3.07B$2.74B12.7410,800News Coverage
NSP
Insperity
3.9635 of 5 stars
$76.79
-2.7%
$93.67
+22.0%
-24.2%$2.86B$6.58B31.864,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ASGN
ASGN
3.2789 of 5 stars
$56.96
-2.2%
$96.40
+69.2%
-47.3%$2.50B$4.10B14.8354,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MAN
ManpowerGroup
4.9879 of 5 stars
$39.88
-0.5%
$57.50
+44.2%
-44.0%$1.86B$17.54B13.3430,900Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
BBSI
Barrett Business Services
4.0814 of 5 stars
$38.99
-4.3%
$41.67
+6.9%
+33.1%$1.01B$1.14B20.58127,100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KFRC
Kforce
4.2904 of 5 stars
$43.34
-2.1%
$64.00
+47.7%
-31.5%$828.27M$1.41B16.1712,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News

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