Kelly Services KELYA
NASDAQ KELYA
$17.09 +0.38 (+2.27%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Kelly Services (KELYA) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2025)

Kelly Services (KELYA) posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.22% for Q2 2025, up 69.88% quarter-over-quarter from 0.73% in Q1 2025.

Kelly Services (KELYA) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Kelly Services' Return on Invested Capital history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.22% for Q2 2025.

  • In Q2 2025, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM figure through Jun 2025 stood at 0.22% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2021 annual figure was 0.58%, down 98.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q2 2025 stood at 0.22%, up from 0.73% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 2.67% in Q3 2022, with the low at 0.73% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.02% (2023), against an average of 0.2%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital jumped 253 bps in 2022, then plunged 290 bps in 2023.
  • Kelly Services' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.21% in 2021, then jumped by 246 bps to 0.72% in 2022, then sank by 102 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then slumped by 31 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then plunged by 958 bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows KELYA's Return on Invested Capital at 0.22% in Q2 2025, 0.73% in Q1 2025, and 0.02% in Q4 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Robert Half 4.49 Bn 4.16 Bn 474.03 Mn -
2 Korn Ferry 4.38 Bn 3.24 Bn 685.99 Mn -
3 Trinet 3.24 Bn 1.36 Bn - -
4 ManpowerGroup 2.89 Bn 2.71 Bn 780.30 Mn 0.00%
5 Insperity 2.01 Bn 1.39 Bn 217.00 Mn -
6 Kforce 978.37 Mn 978.04 Mn 99.45 Mn -
7 Barrett Business Services 817.12 Mn 717.73 Mn 64.85 Mn -
8 Kelly Services 594.06 Mn 569.86 Mn 212.00 Mn -
9 TrueBlue 321.78 Mn 298.53 Mn 91.58 Mn -
10 HireQuest 234.33 Mn 232.69 Mn - 0.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 29, 2025 -0.22%
Mar 30, 2025 -0.73%
Dec 29, 2024 -0.02%
Oct 1, 2023 -0.02%
Jul 2, 2023 -0.23%
Apr 2, 2023 -0.20%
Jan 1, 2023 -0.11%
Oct 2, 2022 0.72%
Jul 3, 2022 2.67%
Apr 3, 2022 0.69%
Oct 3, 2021 0.21%
Jul 4, 2021 0.14%
Apr 4, 2021 0.11%
Jan 3, 2021 -0.16%
Sep 27, 2020 -0.04%
Jun 28, 2020 -0.01%
Mar 29, 2020 0.00%
Dec 29, 2019 0.01%
Sep 29, 2019 0.01%
Jun 30, 2019 0.01%