Circle8 Group, Inc. (CIRC) vs GEE Group Inc. (JOB)

Circle8 Group, Inc. and GEE Group Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Circle8 Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $40.0M against $25.6M — 1.6× the size. Circle8 Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 80.5% against −12.9%. GEE Group Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.10% vs −18.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.77% vs −14.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, GEE Group Inc. leads on 10 and Circle8 Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 24.32
P/S 0.03 0.31 0.41
P/B n/m 0.52 1.28
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.57 18.57
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.55
EV/Sales 0.40 0.09 0.40
Earnings yield (620.59%) (0.33%) 0.99%
Free cash flow yield (84.57%) 5.39% 2.79%

Profitability

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 8.58% 37.41% 23.11%
Operating margin (7.80%) (1.02%) 0.08%
Net margin (18.78%) (0.10%) 0.23%
Free cash flow margin (2.91%) 1.69% 1.23%
Return on equity 682.76% (0.16%) 2.31%
Return on assets (28.02%) (0.14%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (14.44%) (1.77%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 80.53% (12.91%) 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.65% (45.45%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 321.02% (5.76%) 1.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity (12.33) 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 0.39 4.95 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA (0.74) 0.88 (0.22)

Dividend

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.16%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.30

Size

Metric CIRC JOB Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 40.04m 25.60m 590.17m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack