Growth Metrics

Kelly Services (KELYA) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Kelly Services' quarterly EBT Margin came in at 0.64% in Q1 2026, down 130.0% year-on-year from 2.15% in Q1 2025, and down 159.8% quarter-over-quarter from 0.25% in Q4 2025.

Kelly Services has reported EBT Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.64% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 130.0% year-over-year to 0.64%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.26% (down 127.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.85%, down 135.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 0.64%, down from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 2.85% in Q1 2024, with the low at 13.19% in Q1 2023.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 1.66%, with a median of 0.15% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, EBT Margin soared 1359 bps in 2023 and slumped 1092 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing KELYA's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.82% in 2022, then soared by 122 bps to 0.4% in 2023, then slumped by 1274 bps to 4.67% in 2024, then soared by 95 bps to 0.25% in 2025, then sank by 160 bps to 0.64% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 0.64% (Q1 2026), 0.25% (Q4 2025), and 11.09% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Korn Ferry 3.61 Bn 2.64 Bn 724.93 Mn 12.80%
2 Robert Half 2.93 Bn 2.65 Bn 479.91 Mn 2.42%
3 Trinet 2.15 Bn 684.96 Mn 1.16 Bn 10.03%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.48 Bn 1.25 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.34%
5 Insperity 1.31 Bn 754.86 Mn 302.00 Mn 3.32%
6 Barrett Business Services 814.51 Mn 722.64 Mn 43.19 Mn -1.45%
7 Kforce 805.03 Mn 803.69 Mn 90.07 Mn 3.44%
8 Kelly Services 399.73 Mn 374.13 Mn 196.40 Mn -0.64%
9 TrueBlue 187.20 Mn 163.07 Mn 79.02 Mn -4.82%
10 HireQuest 182.43 Mn 181.41 Mn - 28.10%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -0.64%
Dec 28, 2025 -0.25%
Sep 28, 2025 -11.09%
Jun 29, 2025 1.81%
Mar 30, 2025 0.65%
Dec 29, 2024 -4.67%
Sep 29, 2024 -0.17%
Jun 30, 2024 0.54%
Mar 31, 2024 2.85%
Dec 31, 2023 0.40%
Oct 1, 2023 0.15%
Jul 2, 2023 0.46%
Apr 2, 2023 1.00%
Jan 1, 2023 -13.19%
Oct 2, 2022 -1.82%
Jul 3, 2022 0.56%
Apr 3, 2022 -4.74%
Oct 3, 2021 3.70%
Jul 4, 2021 1.57%
Apr 4, 2021 3.08%
Jan 3, 2021 1.94%
Sep 27, 2020 1.32%
Jun 28, 2020 4.44%
Mar 29, 2020 -14.90%
Dec 29, 2019 1.02%
Sep 29, 2019 -1.77%
Jun 30, 2019 7.03%
Mar 31, 2019 2.09%
Dec 30, 2018 -3.46%
Sep 30, 2018 2.76%
Jul 1, 2018 -2.27%
Apr 1, 2018 2.48%
Dec 31, 2017 2.06%
Oct 1, 2017 1.34%
Jul 2, 2017 1.48%
Apr 2, 2017 1.15%
Jan 1, 2017 8.66%
Oct 2, 2016 8.46%
Jul 3, 2016 0.72%
Apr 3, 2016 1.02%
Jan 3, 2016 1.81%
Sep 27, 2015 1.23%
Jun 28, 2015 0.76%
Mar 29, 2015 0.73%
Dec 28, 2014 0.28%
Sep 28, 2014 0.35%
Jun 29, 2014 0.40%
Mar 30, 2014 0.35%
Dec 29, 2013 0.65%
Sep 29, 2013 1.40%
Jun 30, 2013 1.08%
Mar 31, 2013 0.46%
Dec 30, 2012 0.59%
Sep 30, 2012 1.72%
Jul 1, 2012 1.71%
Apr 1, 2012 1.04%
Jan 1, 2012 2.13%
Oct 2, 2011 1.64%
Jul 3, 2011 1.47%
Apr 3, 2011 0.09%
Oct 3, 2010 1.00%
Jul 4, 2010 0.53%