Circle8 Group, Inc. (CIRC) vs TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)

Circle8 Group, Inc. and TrueBlue, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. TrueBlue, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $376.3M against $24.1M — 15.6× the size. Circle8 Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 80.5% against 12.4%. TrueBlue, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.55% vs −18.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (−6.52% vs −14.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, TrueBlue, Inc. leads on 10 and Circle8 Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.57
P/S 0.02 0.22 0.28
P/B n/m 1.47 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 0.39 0.28 0.34
Earnings yield (1,055.00%) (12.68%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield (143.78%) (18.48%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 8.58% 20.65% 25.01%
Operating margin (7.80%) (2.05%) 0.29%
Net margin (18.78%) (2.55%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin (2.91%) (4.06%) 0.14%
Return on equity 682.76% (15.92%) 2.93%
Return on assets (28.02%) (6.68%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital (14.44%) (6.52%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 80.53% 12.42% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.65% 61.39% (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 321.02% (2.63%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity (12.33) 0.38 0.04
Current ratio 0.39 2.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (0.74) (2.35) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.47%
Payout ratio — — 0.50

Size

Metric CIRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 24.09m 376.29m 461.40m

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