GEE Group Inc. (JOB) vs Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH)

GEE Group Inc. and Mastech Digital, Inc are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Mastech Digital, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $76.6M against $20.9M — 3.7× the size. GEE Group Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mastech Digital, Inc trades at 68.9×. GEE Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −12.9% against −13.6%. Mastech Digital, Inc has the higher net margin (0.67% vs −0.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.85% vs −1.77%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mastech Digital, Inc leads on 11 and GEE Group Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m 68.87 23.57
P/S 0.25 0.44 0.28
P/B 0.41 0.81 1.24
Price to free cash flow 14.70 13.13 17.58
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.72 11.38
EV/Sales 0.21 0.26 0.34
Earnings yield (0.42%) 1.45% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 6.80% 7.61% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 37.41% 28.21% 25.01%
Operating margin (1.02%) 0.44% 0.29%
Net margin (0.10%) 0.67% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 1.69% 3.36% 0.14%
Return on equity (0.16%) 1.27% 2.93%
Return on assets (0.14%) 1.02% 0.07%
Return on invested capital (1.77%) 0.85% 0.32%

Growth

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.91%) (13.57%) (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (45.45%) (82.14%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.76%) (0.28%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (42.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 4.95 4.27 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 (9.32) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.47%
Payout ratio — — 0.50

Size

Metric JOB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 20.87m 76.62m 461.40m

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