KELYA vs TNET vs TBI Stock Comparison

Kelly Services, Trinet and TrueBlue Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KELYA Kelly Services Inc
$16.91 +7.0% 1M +49.6% 1Y
Market cap
$480.60M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.06B
Div. yield
0.02%
Staffing Industrials
2 wins
TNET Trinet Group, Inc.
$66.80 +4.4% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.14B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.83B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
5 wins
TBI TrueBlue, Inc.
$9.76 +9.5% 1M +77.8% 1Y
Market cap
$377.24M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.78B
Div. yield
–
Staffing Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Trinet leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Trinet 5, TrueBlue 3, Kelly Services 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKELYATNETTBILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $480.60M $3.14B $377.24M TNET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.8x 18.2x -8.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 14.2x — TNET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.6% -4.2% +12.4% TBI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.7% 3.6% -2.6% TNET
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -8.5% 20.5% -10.3% TNET
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 1.3x -9.4x TBI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +49.6% +15.2% +77.8% TBI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.8%/yr -8.9%/yr -19.5%/yr KELYA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.3% 50.9% 68.0% KELYA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 60/100 28/100 TNET

Percentile Scorecard

KELYATNETTBI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKELYATNETTBI
Valuation 57 #50 of 114 89 #13 of 114 33 #77 of 114
Growth 6 #92 of 98 35 #64 of 98 4 #94 of 98
Profitability 25 #72 of 95 77 #23 of 95 26 #71 of 95
Financial Health 64 #46 of 126 30 #89 of 126 67 #42 of 126
Shareholder Returns 15 #60 of 70 71 #21 of 70 10 #63 of 70
Overall 33 60 28
  • KELYA ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • TNET ranked among 131 companies in Business Services
  • TBI ranked among 131 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKELYATNETTBISPY
1 month +7.0%+4.4%+9.5% -1.0%
3 months +11.1%-2.3%-1.5% -0.4%
6 months +72.7%+63.4%+61.3% +4.5%
Year to date +92.2%+13.0%+114.5% +12.4%
1 year +49.6%+15.2%+77.8% +13.6%
3 years -10.2%-35.9%-17.9% +76.4%
3 years, per year -3.5%-13.8%-6.4% +20.8%
5 years -17.8%-37.1%-66.2% +63.7%
5 years, per year -3.8%-8.9%-19.5% +10.4%
10 years -9.7%+237.7%-42.6% +267.7%
10 years, per year -1.0%+12.9%-5.4% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureKELYATNETTBISPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.3%50.9%68.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.4%54.7%57.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.380.120.67 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.170.301.14 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.7%-74.7%-89.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.1%-11.8%-10.0% -1.6%
52-week high $17.28$75.76$10.85 $779.14
52-week low $8.08$33.85$3.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKELYATNETTBI
P/E now vs peer median -2.1xmedian 23.0x 17.9xmedian 23.0x -6.5xmedian 23.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.9x 0.6xmedian 0.9x 0.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -11.4xmedian 12.1x 8.7xmedian 12.1x -43.3xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 15.8x 10.7xmedian 15.8x -4.1xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x 23.0xmedian 2.4x 1.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.09median 1.13 -1.13median 1.13 0.06median 1.13

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKELYATNETTBI
Revenue $4.06B $4.83B $1.78B
Gross profit $799.40M – $367.64M
Operating income -$91.80M – -$36.44M
Net income -$273.40M $172.00M -$45.46M
Free cash flow $20.50M $286.00M -$72.31M
R&D – $72.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-7.77 $3.66 $-1.39
Cash & equivalents $24.20M $328.00M $19.77M
Total debt $78.10M $896.00M $102.30M
Shares (diluted) 35.20M 47.00M 32.63M
Enterprise value $367.70M $1.77B $285.58M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKELYATNETTBI
P/E -2.1x 17.9x -6.5x
P/FCF 25.9x 10.7x -4.1x
P/Operating cash flow 19.6x 8.1x -4.9x
P/S 0.1x 0.6x 0.2x
P/B 0.5x 23.0x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 0.7x -71.2x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA -11.4x 8.7x -43.3x
EV/EBIT -6.4x 12.3x -10.4x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 0.7x 0.2x
EV/FCF 28.6x 12.5x -5.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.6x 9.5x -6.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.09 -1.13 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKELYATNETTBI
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.6% -4.2% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.4% -0.7% -3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.6% – -3.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -9.4% – -11.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -335.1% – -32.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -58.6% – -63.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -4,310% 29.3% -61.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -23.6% -21.5% -114.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -4,372% 32.1% -48.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -25.0% -15.8% -111.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -76.2% 23.1% -27.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 0.0% -44.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -80.5% 20.2% -10.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.1% -2.3% -65.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKELYATNETTBI
Gross margin 19.7% – 20.6%
EBITDA margin -1.3% 8.5% -0.5%
Operating margin -2.3% – -2.0%
Pretax margin -2.4% 4.9% -2.4%
Net margin -6.7% 3.6% -2.6%
FCF margin 0.5% 5.9% -4.1%
Operating cash flow margin 0.7% 7.8% -3.4%
Return on equity -28.0% 133.3% -17.4%
Return on assets -12.1% 5.1% -7.0%
Return on invested capital -8.5% 20.5% -10.3%
Return on capital employed -6.6% 23.5% -7.5%
Asset turnover 1.8x 1.4x 2.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x 2.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 1.4% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKELYATNETTBI
Debt / assets 3.4% 26.4% 15.2%
Debt / equity 0.1x 6.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.1x 1.3x -9.4x
Debt / FCF 3.8x 3.1x -1.4x
Liabilities / assets 56.9% 96.1% 60.3%
Equity / assets 43.1% 3.9% 39.7%
Interest coverage – 5.5x –
Current ratio 1.5x 1.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.4x 2.2x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.71 1.94 3.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKELYATNETTBI
Dividend yield 1.7% 1.7% –
Net buyback yield – 4.9% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.7% 6.6% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) -4.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 53.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.0% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -11.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKELYATNETTBI
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.13FY2026 $4.71FY2026 $-0.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.3%FY2026 -0.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +70.8% -0.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.86BFY2026 $5.04BFY2026 $1.63BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.2%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026 +0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% -7.1% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKELYATNETTBI
Held by institutions 83.1% 95.5% 85.1%
Institutions holding 168 280 115
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.9% +0.3% +0.6%
Institutions buying 96 159 61
Institutions selling 46 83 37
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.92 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KELYATNETTBI
KELYA 1.00 0.49 0.31
TNET 0.49 1.00 0.30
TBI 0.31 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KELYA, TNET and TBI?

Trinet (TNET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kelly Services (KELYA) $480.60M, Trinet (TNET) $3.14B, TrueBlue (TBI) $377.24M.

Which company is growing faster?

TrueBlue (TBI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kelly Services (KELYA) -9.6%, Trinet (TNET) -4.2%, TrueBlue (TBI) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trinet (TNET) has the highest net margin (Kelly Services (KELYA) -6.7%, Trinet (TNET) 3.6%, TrueBlue (TBI) -2.6%). On return on invested capital, Trinet (TNET) leads (Kelly Services (KELYA) -8.5%, Trinet (TNET) 20.5%, TrueBlue (TBI) -10.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year TrueBlue (TBI) returned the most: Kelly Services (KELYA) +49.6%, Trinet (TNET) +15.2%, TrueBlue (TBI) +77.8%. Over five years, Kelly Services (KELYA) compounded fastest (Kelly Services (KELYA) -3.8%/yr, Trinet (TNET) -8.9%/yr, TrueBlue (TBI) -19.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Kelly Services (KELYA) 0.02%, Trinet (TNET) 0.00%, TrueBlue (TBI) 0.00%. Trinet (TNET) and TrueBlue (TBI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kelly Services (KELYA) has been the steadiest (Kelly Services (KELYA) 42.3%, Trinet (TNET) 50.9%, TrueBlue (TBI) 68.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KELYA, TNET and TBI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trinet (TNET) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.