Industrials
Kelly Services, Inc.(KELYB)
Live Price
Offline$18.00
-4.36% today
1Y Change
+46.21%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $350.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -1.9%
- EPS Growth
- -42740.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.0%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYB) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $350.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $18.00 and up 46.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.9%, EPS growth of -42740.2%, a dividend yield of 3.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.9%, EPS -42740.2%, free cash flow +622.2% with operating margin -1.6% and ROIC -4.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KELYB price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.9% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-1.6% vs +16.9% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.9% and EPS is at -42740.2%, with operating margin around -1.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -10.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -0.4% | +0.2% | +20.4% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | -63.2% | +7.5% | -12.7% | -7.9% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -56.6% | +0.0% | -17.7% | -20.5% |
Benchmark Edge
KELYB vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KELYB
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KELYB Max Drawdown
-67.10%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KELYB and SPY.
Company Overview
Kelly Services, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Kelly Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides workforce solutions to various industries. The company operates through five segments: Professional & Industrial; Science, Engineering & Technology; Education; Outsourcing & Consulting; and International. The Professional & Industrial segment delivers staffing, outcome-based, and direct-hire services in the areas of office, professional, light industrial, and contact center specialties. The Science, Engineering & Technology segment offers staffing, outcome-based, and direct-hire services in the areas of science and clinical research, engineering, information technology, and telecommunications specialties. The Education segment provides staffing and executive search services to early childhood, and higher education markets. The Outsourcing & Consulting segment offers recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), payroll process outsourcing, and talent advisory services, as well as managed services. The International segment provides staffing, RPO, and direct-hire services in Europe and Mexico. The company serves customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Ireland, rest of Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Kelly Services, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
- Leadership
- Christopher D. Layden
- IPO Date
- Aug 3, 1984
- Employees
- 5.6k
- Street Address
- 999 West Big Beaver Road
- Mailing
- Troy, MI, 48084-4782
- Region
- Troy, MI, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 248 362 4444
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.1
- Price/Book
- 0.4
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.9%
- EPS
- -42740.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +622.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 20.1%
- Operating Margin
- -1.6%
- Net Margin
- -6.0%
- ROE
- -22.1%
- ROIC
- -4.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.16
- Current Ratio
- 1.54
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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