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

Kelly Services (KELYB) recorded quarterly EBT Margin of 0.64% in Q1 2026, down 159.8% quarter-over-quarter from 0.25% in Q4 2025, and down 130.0% on a YoY basis from 2.15% in Q1 2025.

Kelly Services (KELYB) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Kelly Services' EBT Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.64% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 130.0% year-over-year to 0.64%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.26% (down 127.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.85%, down 135.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 0.64% for Q1 2026 at Kelly Services, down from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 2.85% in Q1 2024 to a low of 13.19% in Q1 2023.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 1.66% across 5 years, with a median of 0.15% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: EBT Margin jumped 1359 bps in 2023, then slumped 1092 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 1.82% in 2022, then surged by 122 bps to 0.4% in 2023, then tumbled by 1274 bps to 4.67% in 2024, then surged by 95 bps to 0.25% in 2025, then slumped 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 3.69 Bn 2.72 Bn 724.93 Mn 12.80%
2 Robert Half 3.13 Bn 2.85 Bn 479.91 Mn 2.42%
3 Trinet 2.12 Bn 660.05 Mn 1.16 Bn 10.03%
4 ManpowerGroup 1.56 Bn 1.34 Bn 723.00 Mn 0.34%
5 Insperity 1.38 Bn 825.54 Mn 302.00 Mn 3.32%
6 Barrett Business Services 828.03 Mn 736.15 Mn 43.19 Mn -1.45%
7 Kforce 777.11 Mn 775.77 Mn 90.07 Mn 3.44%
8 Kelly Services 391.13 Mn 365.53 Mn 196.40 Mn -0.64%
9 TrueBlue 205.89 Mn 181.76 Mn 79.02 Mn -4.82%
10 Kelly Services - - 196.40 Mn -0.64%

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%